I love group performance art. Theater, music, dance. Like I’ve said before, I have no artistic impulses ripping themselves from my screaming flesh. It’s fun, but equally importantly, it’s productive. When you rehearse with a group, the goal is almost always to put on a performance, else why spend everyone’s time? If you sing or play an instrument solo, in your own home, it’s entirely likely that you’re just goofing off. Maybe nothing will ever come of it. It’s really kind of like some other individual activities I can think of that please no one but yourself.

And who would want to give up performing? When you’ve been in ballet slippers since the age of five, you can suffer from severe limelight withdrawal.

Mixing the cd has given me some satisfaction, though it involves no actual performance…at least I get my group art project fix.

As of today, it has been six weeks since I last worked with an ensemble.