The director's job is full of all sorts of annoyances and details - like how many cars are on the street. Ugh. I don't want it. I like my gig. And I feel that for the next 30 years or so I can keep learning more about it.
I enjoy the element of pushing yourself learning something new whether it's a dance step a scene an emotion.
I'm learning a lot how to be good at what I do and also how lucky I am and take it all in and be grateful for all this late in life success I've been having and it's good to have people that have been around and successful for awhile and work with them and see how they behave and it's why they are who they are and why they're still successful.
People trust I know what I'm doing. I have lots of credibility. I've had years of learning. I know and understand my business.
If you feel your school is failing you the question is why. Is it a lack of parental involvement large classes school violence poor learning environment? Are there any standards to determine where problems are? Are there tutoring or mentoring programs? If the school is still failing after 3 years then what are your options?
We do a lot of shows for young people who have probably never been to the theater before and they are learning about the Holocaust which unhappily many of them do not know about.
I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing a story. I also read a lot of diaries and oral histories.
Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve.
Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity it also inspires learning.
I'm learning to embrace who I am and what I look like.