Last Friday I attended an event at the Vancouver Writer’s Fest called ‘Belonging.’ The event featured four writers (and their memoirs): Brian Bett, Charles Demers, Camilla Gibb, and Michael V. Smith. At the end of this entry, you can find
I was drowning in a sea of misconceptions about what an artist was, what an artist did, and who could play a part in the cultural life of our time… “- Marsha Norman Julia Cameron refers to creativity as “spiritual
I’m in Toronto, Ontario taking the four week National Voice Intensive. As of right now – as I am writing this post – I am almost 1 week into the intensive. I feel strange. I made a pact with myself
Over the course of the interview series, there are a few topics that have come up over and over again. One of those topics is confidence. How do you become confident? Where does it come from? What does it feel like?
Confidence and self-love are two buzz words that have always bugged me a little bit. They sort of belong in that ‘easier said than done’ category. I’m not sure if I can even name the amount of times I’ve been
“Just believe in yourself.” I hear this advice a lot. I don’t know what to do with this advice. In her last post, Sam Kamras wrote about graduating from school, and how small she feels in the midst of this
A couple of years ago I performed in a short film called The Line by Jerome Velinksy. Fittingly, it was about a one-liner audition. The film captured the ridiculousness of the scenario: everyone repeating that one line over and over again, the anxiety
“I had to attend A Chorus Line for a report and fell in love with Val… The next week I took my first dance class and within a month I was taking 9 hours of dance a week, singing lessons and
“Mornings are sacred time for me… I like to start at a slow pace. My world moves so fast that sometimes the mornings are the only time I have to really feel myself breathe.” About Alison Araya – actress, teacher,
On Wednesday, April 8th I’m hosting my very first event… and I am insanely nervous. There are so many pieces falling into place, and so many people helping me to make my vision a reality, and I feel incredibly overwhelmed