the Taj Majal, the Tower of London, and the Golden Gate Bridge were not created out of a stress-dream. They were created from a dream of inspiration, motivation, beauty, and an apparent need. And the work follows suit after the dream. But the work does not have to be stressful or full of pain. It can truly be a joyful process. Not joyful in the idea of rainbows and ponies, no. But an idea that you are a construction worker, for example, working on the Golden Gate Bridge and you know that you are part of something bigger than yourself. What an honor. There is joy and honor to be found in all work.
I hate the old adage "It's called work for a reason." Fuck that. I am in the business of theater and theater is so much WORK but the culmination of this work, we call a PLAY. There is wisdom in the vocabulary of the stage. We are most motivated by positive stimuli, not negative. So why do we constantly pull one another down?
Why do we make it so hard on ourselves to see the good in things? Why can't we say what we enjoyed about something before we say what we despised?
Why are we, apparently by nature, such negative creatures? How do we change this? Is it possible?
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