My First Storytelling Review

(Tombstones on my 10-day, solo cycling tour in Ireland)

One of my fellow storytellers sent me this link the other day, for a blog post made after my storytelling event: http://thewanderingjewess.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/artist-date-45-the-sometimes-kindness-of-strangers/

It is very exciting to write something, have an audience member relate to it, continue to think about it after the show is over, and then write something too!

(one of the many spots on Mt. Haguro where I sat and listened and thought)

I was especially happy since I had some doubts about the story. This was a tough writing and editing process and it was an intimidating performance process too -- that began with a directors suggestion that I try out Welsh and Australian accents and included a lot of tricky jumps in scene and timeline and thought bubbles verses narration. I was aware a more seasoned performer could have brought something to the piece that was beyond my limited skills.And I admit, when I arrived at the technical rehearsal and performance night and heard Clover and Eric's stories -- with deep revelations about poverty, mental illness, abandonment -- I was worried that my mostly perky little story would come across as "Whenever I get sad, I take a trip!"

My blogger/reviewer is not alone with her tendency to compare!!

(Camping in the Outback)

I hope I get to read (or hear) some of the art that comes from this blogger's year of self-discovery and loneliness too.