Thinks Change Quickly
Feelings drive us. We don’t drive them. Our brains give us the chance to notice our feelings and act against them. I am really into letting my feelings be feelings. I let them flow thru me. I let them visit as long as they want. They will distort my reality. They will make unimportant things […]
WANToberfest … Philanthropic & Accepted & Prudent … The three power-feelings
People want to feel three things. We can help to give them these feelings. Even when these feelings are based on shallow evidence (like we feel accepted when someone compliments our shoes), the feelings are extremely powerful Philanthropic We want to feel like we’re good for the world. The stuff we do matters. It affects […]
“Potential” will mess us up!
I may have a genius IQ. I am very curious. I like learning. I have some people skills and presentation skills. As far as capitalist success, I’m pretty set up. I have ADD and anxiety and the stuff that most teachers wanted me to do in school was just not interesting to me. I didn’t […]
Decide faster
It’s 9am – two hours into my work day and I have not decided when is best to meet with this person. It’s an important meeting. I want to be prepared and also fresh. I want to be off-the-cuff and grounded. My deciding is taking a lot of energy and time. I’m sweating. Here are […]
Find the sentinel
I have this sentinel technique. People think i mean make marketing for similar people. I think it’s easier to just make stuff for them. Sometimes it takes a little imagination and a ton of empathy. I really mean serve that real person. Make social media posts that help them. Make newsletters that help them. Make […]
Perry Kurtz : Icon of Variety : Dead Person
He’s a perfect depiction of a variety entertainer. The avatar for us all. Variety entertainers are ridiculous. We work really hard to perform stuff that nobody cares about and try to make them care. We are desperate, delusional, passionate, heart-first, beautiful, powerful, impotent. This is the most important craft in the world and that’s why […]
Getting kids back on the street
I performed all my life. The brunt of my training was during my formative years on the streets of the world. I busked majorly in New Orleans, Boston, Baltimore, NYC, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Street style performances at Coachella, Huis Ten Bosch – Japan, New Zealand, lollapalooza, touring with Brooks & Dunn and Canada. I […]
We need hope for freedom
Trust me… this eventually gets to something that matters to professional hula-hoopers… USA just did Independence Day. We’re celebrating the Declaration of Independence signed 247 years ago. The following “truths” were not the truth. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with […]
Perfectionism : Goldmine
THIS IS A MINI HORSE & MY SON WITH A POLICE BADGE Arlo’s taught me to like small things, but it’s not my normal. I like working with people who are thinking BIG and doing BIG things. Boobietrap was not a place to play around. It was a place to be a full-on badass with […]
Fuck! I’m not ready for school!
Ready is a sign of weakness. Here we are in August. I never liked it when people asked me “are you ready for school to start again?” Part of it was summer was over. Most of it was WTF does that mean? We bought pencils. I had a backpack. I was going to be in […]
Raise prices. Especially now.
If we want to do small ticketed shows, that’s fine and good. It can be a low stakes way to test out some material. Not my jam. For me, street is the way to do that. If we think we’re making good stuff, we want to charge more for it. It’s gotta be special. Audience […]
Time To Procrastinate!
Sometimes (super often for me), we find ourselves involved in unimportant things. We only can do one thing at a time. I think it’s good to do important stuff. If you’re with me, here’s what’s good. We do this stuff people call “procrastinating” because the cost of doing the good thing seems too high. There […]