Back from my Trip, and Back in the Swing of Things
June 20, 2009 - Mike D'AltoI've just returned from my road trip to Baltimore, to catch 2 Orioles-Mets games. It was a lot of fun--Camden Yards is beautiful, both games were very exciting and it was great to just get away for a couple of days. Not to mention the people are way more friendly in Maryland than New York, by far.
Lately my writing has come back to life after my computer viruses wiped out almost my entire collection; in fact I just finished a couple of poems earlier today. At the same time, production continues on an upcoming poetry performance I'm taking part in at NYC's Gene Frankel Theatre in July. Thankfully my writing for the show's script is finished and now I'm waiting for the director to give us the finished script in a couple weeks so rehearsals can begin. I'm extremely excited for the opportunity to perform my work in front of an audience in a theatre show. At the same time, I'm also very nervous about memorizing the work and performing for the first time since I was 11 years old. Here's hoping all goes well!
The show's premise is a poet gone insane calls on his muse (or rather the 5 different personalities that make up his muse) to help him snap out of his writing funk. The characters fight amongst themselves to try to influence the poet to write their strengths. I play the poet being inspired. It should make for a great show and we're hoping it sells well...not for money, but so that more of our friends and family get to see it.
While the show has added to my workload, it has helped keep my creative juices flowing. It keeps me inspired to write more, especially with the loss of all of my older poems. I'm hoping the my new works will make up for that loss and will be a strong enough new beginning for my writing identity.
