There are so many insightful, funny, and worthy quotes I want to pull out from here. Just when you think Substack has talked about most topics to death, you come across one that has hardly been touched; one that you are writing about so relatably and poignantly.
Btw, I see “trust-fall” and I’m immediately taken back to theatre school and …
There are so many insightful, funny, and worthy quotes I want to pull out from here. Just when you think Substack has talked about most topics to death, you come across one that has hardly been touched; one that you are writing about so relatably and poignantly.
Btw, I see “trust-fall” and I’m immediately taken back to theatre school and doing those exercises, you know, THOSE exercises where we fall and blindly trust our classmates will catch us- the meaning of trust fall being the opposite of how the world understands that phrase and how you use it here.
Aw thanks, Tonika. I used to love THOSE exercises. Maybe because I'm preternaturally optimistic...? It actually never dawned on me that I could hit the floor 😅. That's probably why it took me longer than my wary hubby to figure out what was going on in 2020...
There are so many insightful, funny, and worthy quotes I want to pull out from here. Just when you think Substack has talked about most topics to death, you come across one that has hardly been touched; one that you are writing about so relatably and poignantly.
Btw, I see “trust-fall” and I’m immediately taken back to theatre school and doing those exercises, you know, THOSE exercises where we fall and blindly trust our classmates will catch us- the meaning of trust fall being the opposite of how the world understands that phrase and how you use it here.
Fantastic piece!!
Aw thanks, Tonika. I used to love THOSE exercises. Maybe because I'm preternaturally optimistic...? It actually never dawned on me that I could hit the floor 😅. That's probably why it took me longer than my wary hubby to figure out what was going on in 2020...
I have witnessed someone get dropped during one of those exercises. Not intentionally. But still. 😬
Yeesh. That might've dampened my enthusiasm for them a bit 😜