Good gracious.
I've been spending a few minutes here and there over the last few days trying to figure out how I could justify putting this picture up here. While I'd love to just be able to put up pretty girls on here for your viewing pleasure (and mine), I feel like I need a reason.
Not having Tina Fey on my TV every week has not made me forget about her, but I don't think about her as much as I used to, but seeing her in this form-fitting blue dress has left me with little else to think about. There is one part of Bossypants that always sticks with me and it's when she's talking about doing improv, and how one of the main rules is that no matter how the scene starts, your job as a fellow improv player is to say, "Yes, and..." So no matter what world your partner is creating, you have to agree to it and add something to it. I remember her talking about how this has helped her on every level of her life, from her professional to her personal life. I re-downloaded the book on my iPad this morning so I could search for this section and find out exactly what she had to say. It is more fitting to me now than I even remembered:
Not having Tina Fey on my TV every week has not made me forget about her, but I don't think about her as much as I used to, but seeing her in this form-fitting blue dress has left me with little else to think about. There is one part of Bossypants that always sticks with me and it's when she's talking about doing improv, and how one of the main rules is that no matter how the scene starts, your job as a fellow improv player is to say, "Yes, and..." So no matter what world your partner is creating, you have to agree to it and add something to it. I remember her talking about how this has helped her on every level of her life, from her professional to her personal life. I re-downloaded the book on my iPad this morning so I could search for this section and find out exactly what she had to say. It is more fitting to me now than I even remembered:
"To me, YES, AND means don't be afraid to contribute. It's your responsibility to contribute. Always make sure you're adding something to the discussion. Your initiations are worthwhile."
This comes as I'm a little bit more than knee-deep (maybe thigh-deep) into a journey of trying to find my way back to writing, trying to figure out why it is that I write... or more appropriately, why it is that I don't write, and why it is that I want to write. A lot of little things I've been coming across lately speak of "responsibility" - to yourself, to the world, to your artist. I'll now add this to the list.
I am certainly not one to argue with Tina Fey.
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