I love watching a Master at work, someone brilliant, at the top of their field. Whatever the work is, they struggled to get to the top. They've probably been laughed at, scorned, and put down. Friend or family doubters probably suggested "better work". But they rise above criticism and adversity to become a Master. Respect.
The "lifestyle choice" of a person not yet a Master may seem uncertain to everyone else. But to some they're an apprentice, treading their path towards potential Destiny.
This weekend, Margate's tiny Tom Thumb Theatre housed both apprentice and Master.
I'd met Emily (the apprentice) a few years ago. She'd finished a university drama degree. "What work will you do?" I'd asked. There's high unemployment and poverty among drama students.
"I want to be a storyteller," she said with conviction. I remember her sure, confident, determined energy.
Now she was one of three first-half acts, telling their stories to adults. We chatted after. She's performed at London's Soho Club, and prestigious South Bank. "I'm learning," she said humbly, "to be like Dominic Kelly." Emily is struggling with little money, but treading her path to Mastership Destiny.
Dominic Kelly was the second-half's Master. He crossed boundaries of storytelling, one-man show, and acting. He told of a likeable trickster who slips through life's traps, a "Trickery Master". After police shot him, he found even more ways to trick in the "next life". A true Master of his Trade, albeit a negative one.
Amazing. No-one moved for an hour! Friends enjoyed it more than big theatre. That one Master, with one story, for one hour transfixed them, spellbound.
I know many apprentices treading paths to potential Mastership, following a Master. I often wonder how many will find enough strength to rise above criticism and adversity, and learn enough to master their Master.
And in so doing, fulfil their angelic soul's Destiny on Earth.
The "lifestyle choice" of a person not yet a Master may seem uncertain to everyone else. But to some they're an apprentice, treading their path towards potential Destiny.
This weekend, Margate's tiny Tom Thumb Theatre housed both apprentice and Master.
I'd met Emily (the apprentice) a few years ago. She'd finished a university drama degree. "What work will you do?" I'd asked. There's high unemployment and poverty among drama students.
"I want to be a storyteller," she said with conviction. I remember her sure, confident, determined energy.
Now she was one of three first-half acts, telling their stories to adults. We chatted after. She's performed at London's Soho Club, and prestigious South Bank. "I'm learning," she said humbly, "to be like Dominic Kelly." Emily is struggling with little money, but treading her path to Mastership Destiny.
Dominic Kelly was the second-half's Master. He crossed boundaries of storytelling, one-man show, and acting. He told of a likeable trickster who slips through life's traps, a "Trickery Master". After police shot him, he found even more ways to trick in the "next life". A true Master of his Trade, albeit a negative one.
Amazing. No-one moved for an hour! Friends enjoyed it more than big theatre. That one Master, with one story, for one hour transfixed them, spellbound.
I know many apprentices treading paths to potential Mastership, following a Master. I often wonder how many will find enough strength to rise above criticism and adversity, and learn enough to master their Master.
And in so doing, fulfil their angelic soul's Destiny on Earth.
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