I have started this blog because I promised myself that I would write this summer. I am a New York based actor who is making the journey "home" to Detroit before making the long journey to Copper Harbor in the Upper Penisula of Michigan, where I will be playing the General's Wife at a historical fort. An odd way to spend the summer I will admit, but anyone who knows me well will tell you that I never quite do things the normal way.
So, what does a hip youngish artist do in the big city before she leaves civilization as she knows it? Did I go to a bunch of trendy clubs or have one last fling with old loves? No, my activity for the last few days has included much more interesting activities. I read children's plays at a local public school. I met Italian men who shared McDonald's fries with me. I ate comfort food and drank wine sitting on my floor with all my friends. I went to a poetry reading and talked too loudly in Barnes and Nobles with lovely ladies, and had a spiritual conversation with a cab driver. An odd farewell no doubt.
All of my friends are happy that I'm taking a job in the woods. Most of them feel that I need to take better care of myself, that I need a rest. My mother and father weren't sure about my decision at first they wondered why I would leave a city with so many opportunities to go sit in the middle of no where. Just the other day my mom said "this summer is about saving money". I won't lie. That is part of it. It will be nice to not pay New York City rent for a few months. But, it is also something deeper, something more important to me. I am young and I am an actor and I must not put down roots just yet, or get too comfortable anywhere. I want to be open to adventure, and adventure is just what I will get.
But first, a quick trip "home". I sit in the airport and wait to go back to the city I went to school in and the condo where my parents live. All three of the Cermak sister will be together once again . Who knows what will happen?
No comments:
Post a Comment