Last night, I took her words to heart as I walked up to 91st Street for a workshop. The unseasonably warm January day in New York allowed for a slightly more leisurely pace. I looked around as if for the first time. People walked swiftly past me en route to presumably important things.
Taking in our surroundings reminds me of how a mentor once shared how each day she sits in silence to simply observe and listen as if it were all a beautifully staged play.
Geraldine Paige once said, "If we could only listen to each other on the stage like the animals in the forests do - as though our lives depended on it."
What I gather from taking people and our environment in is how it can influence our artistry. The more aware we are of our surroundings and the people around us, the likelier we are to be more self-aware.
It's hard to listen on stage if we don't listen well in life.
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