Where in the world am I today?: CocoCay, The Bahamas aboard the Monarch of the Seas.
Three hundred and thirteen posts made up the content of this blog during 2009… At the beginning of it all I set out to get some of what floats around in my brain out because I thought it might be helpful to other performers who work in the field that has been so good to me over the years… The blog was a place to collect bits and pieces of information that I attempted to organize into a somewhat cohesive weekly structure that I established at the beginning of the year and managed to follow fairly successfully over the course of the year… Sometimes the posts were delayed in being uploaded because of the irregular nature of how I connect to the internet when I travel, so some posts got up a bit later than I might have liked, but technical issues aside, I’m looking back over the year feeling rather amazed by the fact that I accomplished what I set out to do and stuck with it for the full calendar year.
Huge thanks go to all of the performers who participated in the weekly ‘Interviews from the Inside‘ segment that I created for Fridays… 52 weeks in the year and 52 different performers generously contributed answers to the questions I posed… Had a few people decline when I asked them to participate in this, but far more people said yes than said no when I asked them if they’d be willing to do this for me. Those who said no had pretty specific reasons for not wanting to be involved, reasons I both understand and respect, but to those who did play the game I say Thank You!
Huge thanks to the many famous people who’s words I borrowed for the weekly Saturday Quote as well… I had fun with the addendum in each case as it helped me articulate an something in each quote that I thought was relevant… I’m not sure if I was entirely successful with each week’s effort, but as with many things in this creative world, the exercise of generating content I feel has some value… Consciously making an effort on a daily basis to do something more than just respond to emails has been a good stretch for my writing muscles… And hopefully with any luck I’ll be able to use these well stretched muscles to be a bit more diligent about working on my show in the New Year…
Goals in 2009 were –
- Write a blog – check!
- Take the idea for “The Hot Dog Show” that had been floating around in my head for about five years and perform it – check!
- Travel to Machu Picchu, Peru – check!
- Continue to do all of the other things that I already do to stay engaged and creative – check!
I’m a touch behind on a couple of things… Haven’t finished assembling the journal I wrote with the pictures I took in Peru which I’d still like to get to and still need to compiling a video from the footage I assembled of the 2009 PNE Street Stars Program. Ideally I would have loved to complete both of these before the end of the year, but what’cha gonna do… There are only so many hours in each day and if I put my nose to the grind stone any more I’m not sure how much nose I’d have left to stop and smell the roses from time to time. As with all things in life, finding a good balance seems to be key.
If you’re reading this or have ready any of the posts over the past 12 months, thank you. I think in maby ways that this was primarily an exercise for myself, but if some of what I wrote was of interest or in the least way useful, then I’m pleased that the blog ended up serving a great good as well. If you have any ideas or suggestions as we head into 2010, I’d love to hear from you. Either leave a comment in the comment’s section or send an email to: cbg@checkerhead.com. I haven’t run out of things to say yet, but always welcome any feedback that you care to contribute. And so… Onward and upward into 2010!
Photo Credit: David Delnea
