What have I worked on lately? In truth, not much. My average of 4 days a week has slumped to a not so solid 3. What I'm more interested in though is that question. Every time I bring up that I'm an actor, which I quickly follow with an explanation that I "mostly do background", people ask me what I have worked on lately. The desire for small talk coinciding nicely with a desire to recognize and perhaps connect with something bigger than they are. The fact that I worked on Dexter was big with a lot of people I talked to, but other than a handshake and a thank you at the end of the day, it wasn't very different than any of the other stuff I've worked on. I'm not immune myself. After walking over hundreds of pavement stars in Hollywood yesterday, I saw Harrison Ford's, my childhood idol and was moved. Then, quickly following a decision whether to step on the star or completely avoid it had to be made. I went with the stepping on firmly to gain the "magic" of it instead of the more respectful going around.
Meanwhile with this time off of work I have been learning more about the ego and the power of now through Eckhart Tolle's books. They have been very interesting reads and sync up nicely with some of the other books I have read since moving to LA. It isn't just reading that I do though, I also practice, through various forms of what one would probably call meditation, but without the guidelines laid out in most standard practices. I'm trying to come to my conclusions from as many different angles as I can. What conclusions? Conclusions about life and how to live it. Obviously this blog is not the spot for going into detail about it, but I encourage everyone to check out some of Tolle's writings and to take their own journeys.
It has been pointed out that I always put something about my love life in these blogs.
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