Back To School

So I found it appropriate that during the month of August, I took myself back to the basic and back to training. It wasn’t a great plan that I’d hatched up or anything so forward thinking as that, There was just a slow down in the number of auditions I was being called in for and I’ve been on the road for about 10 years... I think some training was past due. 

Of course I’m grateful to be able to take the time and have the means to get myself back into class and really focus on the foundation of my craft, many artist aren’t allowed the same opportunity. I’d also be lying if I said that despite the few achievements I’ve made in my career, it’s frustrating seeing the talent of younger generations getting ready to bring their careers. It makes me question choices I made in the past. I admittedly get annoyed when I feel how much flexibility I’ve lost, when I look at how much I struggle to hold my leg at a mere 90 degrees. I wonder, what would have happened had I come straight here from school? Ive begun to understand that youth, truly is wasted on the young. Luckily, for me, history has always been an inspiration. 

So, using my new found wisdom, I got my booty back into class! It’s been...eye opening, to say the least! And painful! But in the end, it only hurts because now I know where I was. When I first started down this road, I had no idea how high I could rise. Now that I’ve fallen, I see how far there is to go. But it’s all still in my mind, and I’m a firm believer that the body responds to the mind. 

A month of rehabilitation isn’t much, but it’s the start of a foundation that will hopefully get me back on track to where I want to be. It’s a long road ahead, at least I hope is, and the things I do now will hopefully make that road smoother and more exciting.