Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Dropping the Curtain

People live two kinds of lives, all at once, all rolled up in one.

There's the life they live for other people, one they think they should live. It's full of 'shoulds'.

A play they perform for an audience, usually full of strangers, but with their loved ones sitting in the front row, in the Society Theatre.

The backstage is where it's most interesting, where honesty lies, warts and all.

There, the mask is dropped, there are no autocues, no costumes, no heavy make-up.

What does one do when they don't wanna perform 'The Play' anymore? When they wanna drop lines and ad-lib with what they really think and feel?

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