Last night, I had a unique experience.  I've always enjoyed flying by the seat of my pants.  Whether traveling and not knowing where I am going or where I will be staying for the night, or improvising with a room full of singers or jazz musicians, or doing a little psychodrama with improvisational actors, or being asked to speak about a particular subject about which I am familiar but for which I have not done any formal preparation.  The experience of "being in the moment" with life, not knowing exactly how things are going to turn out, has always thrilled me.  Last evening's events was one of those moments.

Over in Venice (California) behind the funky, eclectic, culturally cool street of Abbott Kinney is an experimental theatre space called, "The Electric Lodge."  On the first Monday of every month for ten months out of the year and for the price of $10, they open the doors on an event called, "Max 10."  The name for the event comes from the fact that there are a maximum of ten performances that can perform for a maximum of ten minutes.  I've become familiar with The Electric Lodge over the past couple of months and I was invited to be a part of last night's performance.  The intention of the night is to share brave, new, experimental work in front of an audience.  I've been working with a concept to combine my inspirational coaching work with the steps and writing from my book using the spontaneous nature of jazz in conjunction with the Great American Songbook and a few original compositions (seems like a lot even to me, so you can see why it is called, "experimental").  Last night I shared two pieces from this concept and it was thrilling.  In terms of direction, it clarified some things for me.  In terms of courage, it opened a doorway for me.  I don't know where the concept will go from here, but I am extremely thankful for the ten minutes that I had to share something creatively that has been brewing inside of my heart and mind for a long while.  It was extremely freeing and I am exceedingly grateful.