19 days and counting

it has moved off the page. it is in the bodies - my body, chip's body and the bodies of all the cast. 31 plus and counting. sometimes if fits, sometimes it is elusive. we each struggle to hold onto what worked so well yesterday, and slips away today. the joy on faces when it returns. or when it arrives, finally, for the first time. i love making shows... i hate making shows. its the tightrope walk of live performance. so much easier to capture on film/video. edit out the ugly. hold onto blips of nearer-to-perfection. i celebrate my cast - daring to climb onto the tightrope. i celebrate my cast who is doing this for one reason - the love of doing it. i am so honored and humbled in their presence....... and that they try harder, and again, again each time i say: ummmmm I don't think so...... ummmmm not there yet....... ummmm let's try again........