Giving Thanks!

Good morning, fellow artists! As 2023 quickly begins to wind down, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the many artistic things I am thankful and grateful for. I am thankful for being artist and for still being in the game after all these years. I can’t think of any other profession or calling that fulfills me. As my mentor and master teacher Richard Lawson says, “Artists are the most powerful and important people on the planet. We create and affect change faster than anyone else.” Keep reading below 🙂

I want to thank my artistic family at the Richard Lawson Studios for always creating a space where art can occur and where we share a nomenclature that inspires us to excellence. It’s an honor to grow with all of you and to see the risks we take with our creativity and imagination. I also want to thank my fellow artists outside of the RLS who inspire me. I see you doing your thing as well! Keep reading below 🙂

I want to thank my partner, family, and friends for being on my career bus. Your support has been invaluable. This journey and career is tough, and you all have been by my side to ask the next question and inspire me. Keep reading below 🙂

I want to thank the members of SAG-AFTRA and WGA for demonstrating what resolve and tenacity looks like (118 days and 148 days of striking, respectively.) As an agent for advocacy and change, I was moved to be a part of this unified movement to protect our future and worth as viable artists. Keep reading below 🙂

I am thankful and grateful that even during the actor and writer strikes, I continued staying connected to my art: Scene study class, writing a feature film script every week with my friend and colleague, scene rehearsals, blogging, taking a screenwriting course at the Sundance Collab, teaching other artists, seeing plays and films that my friends and colleagues were in, relationship map support, submitting to WGA strike-approved writing competitions, etc. Keep reading below 🙂

I want to thank my best friends Madonna, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Chastain, Meryl Streep, RuPaul, and Riz Ahmed. I will see you all soon for dinner(s).