The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77309 Message #1377403
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
12-Jan-05 - 12:09 PM
Thread Name: No man is a "I"-land
Subject: No man is a 'I'=Land
Neither is any woman.
One of the real payoffs in being a performer is that infrequent occasion when everything converges and you make a powerful connection with your audience. It's the perfect antidote for those occasions when you've sung your heart out and the audience did a perfectly good imitation of a herd of cows. Blank eyed and expressionless. I had one of those experiences yesterday. (The connection kind... not the bovien.) I'm on my way out the door, and perhaps will have another one today. Ya never know.
But, whether it's performing, or just moving through your days, for me it's all about connection. There are many ways it happens. It has happened for me many times when I was teaching.
How about sharing some of your memorable connections with me and the rest of us "I's?"