an enormous opening up
23rd November 2016 | for Creatives | create for YOURSELF, magic/mystery of creating/art, artist integrity, reaching your audience, storytelling, comedy writing, Kevin Allison, performance art |
"Something magical happened that night. When I told that story, I felt an enormous listening coming from the audience, an enormous opening up. I noticed that I could look into people's eyes more when I was speaking as myself as opposed to when I was speaking in character. There was relating happening."
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