I need to sit down and talk a little about where I am in my life right now.

School is amazing. I have been blessed. The program is what Lecoq was before he died. They are taking the pedagogy, evolving it, being true to it, and adding exactly what is needed. Pair that with my own head space. I have grown up alot in the past five months and it is reflected in the way I approach class, heck, the way I approach life. I am accepting of everything. I look at the Universe as an open catalogue where I am achieving my dreams. My dream is to have an internationally touring theatre company that creates moving theatre cultural exchange and social instigation; that (in the broad and romantic scope) changes the world.
At LISPA, I have that dream at my fingertips. Talking to my classmates from around the entire world, they all want the same. Some haven't articulated as well as I have, but once I share my dream their eyes light up and their head nods, their movements get more sweeping and active. I feel my energy bouncing in them and back to me. More than my head and body is being fed here, my spirit is being fed.

Saturday we had Spacelab for two hours, the teacher is a Swiss, named Aurelian Koch. He completed the Lecoq school in 1991. He went back and completed the L.E.M.(it is a separate part of Lecoq's school. essentially Labratory of Movement Studies) and now he works as a designer, puppet maker, freelance set designer. He showed our class some of his work and it was visually awe inspiring. The Spacelab is essentially a form of the L.E.M. for Lispa but it is not a separate course, it is part of our cirriculum.

Everything at LISPA is about experimentation and observation. Nothing is wrong or right because everything is an exploration and has an something interesting about it. This a wonderful place to learn and create from. The master teachers, Thomas Prattki and Amy Russell, conduct classes like a labratory of performance. Try and try again and what did you see, hear, feel, experience.

Our Alexander/Feldenkrais teacher is named Ilan. He is from Israel. He is a short lovely man with a mop of hair that is white as snow. Our class with him this week, he took us to a park. It was slightly chilled but the sun was out and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. The first half of class we spent being aware of space and playing games that made us aware of each other. Then towards the end of the class we explored our vision, our whole vision, starting by placing your hand on the sides of your face and then moving our hands out the sides along your peripheral vision. It's amazing how wide your vision is and it is also amazing how exploring the length and wide of your vision makes you feel very open and free and happy. You take in the world more.

Our Acrobatics teacher is a rough brit but he is incredibly skilled and he knows how to work you really hard. my Thigh were burning and sore for three days! But I can see how is execercises are leading towards proper acrobatics and handstands. He has real skill and I feel like he is very familiar with how to push someone to proper physical achievement.

Aside from the wonderous wonderfulness of the school. My classmates charm and encourage me everyday. My flatmates and I had a big party last night, about 70 people came. We laughed, danced, had philosophical discussions, we talked about our dreams, we got out my guitar and my ukulele and played music, sang, and were just all around joyous. There is so much diversity and sooooo much to learn from them. We are already talking about cultural and creative exchange between our countries!!!! (I'm on my way.) When I get the funding for my company, there will be nothing but open doors and interesting theatre to be made. I am going to change the world, bring understanding, move masses of people to believe they can be what they want. Cynicism is the death of creation.

I was sitting in a cafe on Wednesday before my interview for my job. This cafe had a huge front window that looked onto the street. I was in Piccadilly Circus. I was writing in my journal about school and about what I will achieve and a bus pulls up out front the cafe, just waiting at a stoplight. On the bus was written, "We are the People we've been waiting for."

Fucking right we are. I am the person I have been waiting for myself to become.