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The Big Picture

August 6th, 2008

This past April, we saw Sunday in the Park with George. I remember distinctly a scene where George is painting his masterwork and is standing so close to the canvas, you’d think he’d get paint smudged on his nose. He gets so engrossed with each dot being just so that the painting literally pulls him in… I whispered to my husband, Scott, “I get that way too sometimes.” Amazing what we see in the dark on stage in front of us!

(Sadly, George closed everyone off, including the love of his life, Dot. I’m lucky enough to have the support of my wonderful family and friends to reach out to me when I’m too far out at sea…)

Lately, I’ve been very wrapped up in my new musical… As I drove Dina home last night, I played a CD I burned with 9 of the 11 songs (there are a handful more that aren’t making the cut) for my new musical…

She listened whole-heartedly as she always does, and was impressed by a few of the songs… As we pulled into her building’s cul-de-sac, she told me she was leaving the CD with me, so I could listen to it as I’m driving around town…

I listened to it again as I drove home, and realized I really do have a show here! It’s far from finished, but I really saw it take shape… I’ve been so fixed on each scene and each song that I wasn’t seeing the bigger picture.

By stepping back a bit and taking it ALL in, I saw that I’m much further than I realized…

–Sue

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