Kicking and Screaming

I had a hard time adjusting as Laura left two days ago. It seems as though after all that art-ing, the real world is a jolting reminder that I have been deep in my head. Will Farrel movies, 401K talk at the bank and car insurance claims take me kicking and screaming out of my reverie.

We had such a wonderful lunch with Jan on Wednesday. She loved the sweet potato soup I made, as well as the three-bean salad! Which, I realized is much more of a fall dish than a summer dish. perhaps I am more ready for fall than I thought. Jan plays devil's advocate, and asks poignant questions regarding our collaboration. Laura and I have the wheels turning a million revolutions a minute in our heads, trying to absorb all of the insight Jan has to offer. We continue to talk as Jan shows Laura around her lovely studio, full of the most wonderful trinkets and pieces of works in progress. We continue further, as Jan shows Laura her glorious garden. She gives us leaf after leaf to smell and touch. My head is full of good smells. Lemon grass for my stir fry. Mmmm. Tastes marvelous.

So, back at home in the usual swing of things, I begin to put material together for some upcoming applications, and I re-hash my short, one act play, "Lost and Found." I plan to submit the play for a competition where the winner will have their production performed for school children across the South East by a local children's theater company. I am submitting a synopsis of what an expanded version of the play would look like, for eight storytellers/dancers/musicians (everyone must be willing/able to do everything), and more vignettes. My hope is that I will at least make the first round cut, which will force me to complete a full version. Whether or not it gets produced, is not really the concern. My concern is having a solid, marketable body of work which I can sell to other children's theater companies, should my play not be picked up by the company to which I am submitting to. Of course, I would love to win the competition, too! Winning never hurt anyone...right??

OK, off to work. Learning some Italian, working on my proposals and getting through all the grant applications before the grant panel meeting on Monday!

~Cara