Blaine: I mean I think that’s such a great, I think that is, that is the word that’s probably one that really does define my work in, I think any creative act is, or the turn of a phrase of a really good therapist is get curious about that. When the strikes weren’t happening, I found myself bumping into Harrison Ford at our local pizza place and, stumbling onto Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voigt running lines outside the bakery, and peeking in on Francis Ford Coppola when he shot in our actual neighborhood.

Desperate to find hope, he gave up the career he was building and took a major life detour where he discovered that facing his past was the key to unlocking a new kind of creativity. Some of his most painful episodes were about the hurts he had inflicted on others and the resultant turmoil that tormented him emotionally and spiritually. Often raw and painfully vulnerable, Blaine manages to inject humor, tenacity, and hope in a way that pushes you toward curiosity about your own story -- with extra courage to take with you.It was telling that story again and again in practicum, as part of the Seattle School that I was told in no uncertain terms that I had been performing, that three act structure.

Pay in 4 is a form of credit, so consider whether you can afford the repayments as use of the product may impact your credit score. Plato created the allegory of the Cave to present that we live in a non- real reality, and in fact, are prisoners in it. And it was, I had yet to reconcile the things and stories and moments of my past, that I continued to repeat, that continued to play out moments that I hadn’t yet come to terms or made peace with.And, it’s a dance of linguistics and time that we don’t have, room in this podcast but I had come to a place in my professional career where I thought I was doing exactly that. While disappointed with the city and the school for various reasons, he soon finds inspiration in the stories of Hagar and Sarah. I mean, the book is indeed that, Uh, it is a confession, and so in so many ways, um, I keep, every time I get on an interview I keep going, Why am I, why did I do this? Through his own personal revelations and insightful gleanings, he invites you to take up some seemingly radical practices and some not so, and be creative so you can tell a better story with your own life. In Exit the Cave , Blaine shares the stories that shaped him while exploring how our relationship to our past defines how we imagine the future and live in the present.