Our February Thing About was a wonderfully unstructured discussion of our relationship with structure. Structure can help us become more efficient, engender a sense of accomplishment, push us to do the thing we’d rather put off. It can also be overbearing, create a sense of failure or expectation, or take us out of the present moment.  Coincidentally, Saturday’s NYTimes’ feature by Melissa Kirsch explained the relevant concept of Future Me: Doing the harder thing now so that you’ll have an...

The slanting 4:00 light of fall ignites me with the desire to create, quick!, before the year closes. Everything feels dire at once- conversing with friends, reading, writing, drawing, seeing, hosting. Many pots on the stove. None at a boil. As an artist, I look back at the annual wake of what I have made. This year, my flotsam is less physical and more conceptual. Who has the storage space? Previous years were heavy in studio creating. This year has been practicum. Gathering groups,...

We were thrilled this month to perform a table reading of Sarah Kaikini's pilot "Next Up is Maya". Sarah is an aspiring screenwriter, and...