Mara Thomas

Reclaiming creative identity after a loss (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 014)

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Greetings, Soapboxers! I’m a nerd about dates. Birthdays, anniversaries. I generally love acknowledging these annual markers. A recent anniversary has me thinking about creative identity, loss and Ronnie James Dio. Well, if THAT didn’t grab you, maybe this will: Five years ago this month, I experienced the distress of a home robbery. The most painful …

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Writing the perfect MONKEY (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 012)

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Greetings, Soapboxers! Earlier this month, several friends and collaborators gathered to read and hear the latest draft of my upcoming play, YEAR OF THE MONKEY. If you’ve ever put your work-in-progress up for critique, you know it is a singularly excruciating, insecurity-stoking and necessary experience. I clawed my way to that draft and now, armed …

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Bonus episode 002: Better together. A Creative Accountability Group debrief with Mara and Tamara

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Curious about a Creative Accountability Group? A few of our participants share their takeaways from the 1st ASBX Creative Accountability Group at the opening of this episode! Mara and Tamara reflect on the 5 weeks of topics covered, why a group setting can support the individual creative process, the balance of practical and woo, and …

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Ask WHY to create opportunities for compassion (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 011)

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(Join our next Creative Accountability Group, beginning July 31st.) Greetings, Soapboxers! Please raise your hand if someone has ever told you, “Don’t be so hard on yourself.” Y’all. So many times. Over and over throughout my life. This phrase confounded me and angered me. I didn’t understand it. I passed it off as a cliché. An …

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Join us for the summer Creative Accountability Group!

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We are having such a tremendous experience with the first group, that we’ve scheduled another! Announcing the summer Artist Soapbox Creative Accountability Group Facilitated by Mara Thomas and Tamara Kissane Join a small group of highly-motivated artist/creators in a supportive environment and take regular action in your creative work. Set achievable goals, participate in a private …

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Take your work seriously (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 010)

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Greetings, Soapboxers! Next week, Tamara and I are launching our first Creative Accountability Group. I can’t wait! I’m already inspired by the statement these artists have made by signing up for this group: they have put Creative Resistance on notice. In his book The War of Art, Steven Pressfield posits that every artist is engaged …

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The importance of physical practice (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 009)

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Greetings, Soapboxers! I have really been enjoying talking to you about clearing space and bringing in nourishment to our lives. I like to think of it as the things we *get* to do for ourselves, rather than the things we *have* to do. Today, let’s dive into another important resource for us creative types (psst: …

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017: Playwright Tamara Kissane remodels MASTER BUILDER (interviewed by Mara Thomas!)

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That’s right, Soapboxers. We’ve turned the tables! Mara Thomas interviews Tamara Kissane about the upcoming world premiere of Tamara’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s THE MASTER BUILDER, ambition, aspirations, and loving unlikeable characters. Tamara Kissane is a Durham-based playwright, actor, creative coach, and  mom, and she is the host of the Artist Soapbox podcast. Tamara’s upcoming adaptation of THE …

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