Halloween – Permission to Transform

With Halloween around the corner I am always reminded of how excited people are to dress up and become a character. It is the one permissible day where you can look like and act out fantasies…without being arrested.

Actors too are also allowed this permission to be someone other than themselves.

After years of image consulting actors I have found that one of the most compelling and appealing reasons to act is the permission to step out of their life to play and transform for a role. They can become freer in self-expression without the fear of humiliation for doing so by dressing the part with clothing, hair, and make-up, actors can more easily embody the role. In turn, this creates a deeper inner connection and outer behavior for the actor.

I sometimes wonder why we can’t take more of the freedom that Halloween allows us into our everyday lives.

If “all the world is a stage” then give yourself permission to bring a bit more of that attitude to into your everyday life. Just no scary masks please 🙂

One of my new clients, Scott Anderson is an accomplished, well everything!

A veterinary surgeon Scott M. Anderson co-owns the Animal Specialty & Emergency Center (ASEC), the region’s largest veterinary specialty & emergency/intensive care practice.

He is accomplished at mountaineering including Aconcagua, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Kilimanjaro, four peaks in the Ruwnzoris in Uganda, various others; Matterhorn/Eiger/Mont Blanc ; expeditions to South Pole and North Pole. He is an art collector of the Old Masters.

In 2005, I wrote/directed/produced/played lead role in a feature film, “Shakespeare’s Richard III” He is Fluent in Spanish and will be conversationally fluent in German soon.

He drove his 1909 Ford Model T in the 2007 Peking to Paris road rally and in the 2010 Fireball Rally, from Las Vegas to Illinois.

And the list goes on and on.  A wonderful man and soul to work with.  I am helping him look the part for his thrill seeking lifestyle.

Kristi attended a kick-off for clothing line Rag and Bone with the head designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville. This line is amazing, especially their trendy amazing shoes! I am wearing head-to-toe Rag and Bone, retail price for all pieces: $4,000. Ouch!