Workshopping

     There is such incredible excitement in further discovering the work in performance.  On the second go round a few weeks ago, and even leading up to it I discovered such incredible excitement in adding to smaller elements, deepening, including.  God is there in the deep.  That murky water before that blast of light.  Inspiration.  The idea of performing (or not quite performing) as a blatant act of worship has caused me to really realize the idea of creativity and artistry as an aspect of God within us.
  
    So awesome that God can meet you there.  When you write for him.  Act for him.  It is deepening your expression of him in you, but that you include him, weave him into every sinew of the project.  He works through you.  The black parts of yourself that must be exposed are kissed as wounds.  They communicate as things being healed.  Then there is the touch of the mind, the touch to the heart.  The audience understands that it is not a glorification of your brokenness, but a exposing of the work God is doing in you.  My friend called it heart surgery.  I agree.

So again on Friday.  Deeper writing over break.  Performing in completion this summer, Lord willing.