Yellow Brick Road- Part I

We’ve all heard these quotes “it doesn’t matter how you get there, it’s what you do once you arrive” or “it doesn’t matter how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop”.  Ever since I’ve first heard of them (not sure what age) they have become subconscious mantras in my life. 

A good friend of mine, Camille, is a play writer. She has the ability to come up with amazing intricate stories that are built for the stage. We use to work together at a brand years ago. I have always admired the perseverance that she demonstrated for her writing while we were creating and building strategies or producing concepts. Even when she felt defeated she still kept on writing, learning, attending writing fellowships, etc. The first play I saw of hers a few years ago was “Lords Resistance”. She had been working on this for a while and I just remember her tenacity. To show her dedication she would work on it after work, weekends and sometimes during work (shhh don’t tell anyone) or whatever it took. And the play was great, I was honored and so proud of seeing her work come to life.  Although she wanted things to come together faster or was frustrated, she trusted the process and took it at a pace she was comfortable with.

She recently had a reading of her new play “Queen Nanny” and although I wasn’t able to attend the reading, I knew of the progression and I couldn’t be more appreciative of her sharing a piece of her creative mind. It’s not easy learning patience with yourself and the process of your creativity. So take your time to get to where you desire to be. You can’t rush because when your time comes, it’s just that, your time and you have no power over when that will be. But you do have control over how much effort you put in, so give your dreams their best shot at life. 

This was the flyer for her reading of “Queen Nanny”. I marked out the date of the reading.