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I started stand up comedy recently. Four week class taught by a seasoned stand up comedian and his comedy partner. Learned a lot of the ins and out of doing a stand up joke, bit or skit. I learned a lot. The stage presence of being behind the microphone as a comedian is nothing like being a musician. You invoke a very different energy from your audience. I played guitar and sang solo for years, I rowed a Gondola and sang operatic tunes to people in the Coronado Cays, sang in musicals, churches, old folks homes, schools, orphanages, a support station for war refugees, dignitaries, celebrities, on television, film and radio and more. But it's someone else's music. It's not mine but I put in great energy to perform them as a professional musical artist. The energy one needs to put into stand up comedy is none of that. It is insanely different. You make not get a response to something you've created in your mind, wrote down on paper, acted it out in front of a mirror and/or video recorded yourself. That you were thinking it would be funny because you thought it so.
One or my skits in class yielded almost no laughter. I stood there looking at everyone in the class and thought to myself "What do you think you are (me) actually doing here?". Part of me said "finish the night and go home. You don't need to come back". But, I've been trusting and being more patient with the process one goes through with discomfort. Some of that knowledge comes with age, some willingness to adopt wisdom in the aging years, some of it the native medicines I did in Rosarito Mexico to release and compartmentalize some of my pains in life in manageable ways and more. Bringing laughter to others has been a very important trait in my life. Going on stage and not really making people laugh scares the hell out of me in many ways. But it also tells me that people are forgiving, they're yearning to have their spirits lifted with laughter and if one falls short, they give you Kudos for your efforts. You then study why it didn't work and try to come up with a repair by rearranging the joke, bit, or skit....or just tossing it out altogether and filling that void with something funny. I then look for funny things, sayings, moments and experiences every day and every chance I can. That means shedding the need to be connected to the daily news more often, cutting conversations short with people that bring you down (friends and acquaintances in my phone, social media and folks that I bump into throughout my day. Finding dynamics that bring me the simplest joys. I've got a lot of pain for what's happening in this world. I have plenty of it with my own family. Like everybody in this world. But choosing to laugh is a start. It's a marvelous involuntary reaction to something we visualize with an open heart and mind.
Go forth, get out of your house and mind and connect with the outside world. Exchange niceties with people. Something funny will come up if you let it.
You're welcome.
May peace be upon you in your daily life.
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