Milestones: Liberation Day

Yesterday, May 7th, marked 18 months since I left my full-time job to start OTV!

Many of those months were perilous... namely, the recession hit full-force only a month or two into my 'new life' as a freelancer. I crashed + burned right along with it. Thus, yesterday was also the 6 month mark since I left my the full-time 'in-between job' that I had taken to weather the recession last year.


Liberation is Sweet
In spite of all the times I fell flat on my face over the last 18 months (there were many of them + there will surely be many, many more), I wouldn't change a thing about my decision. I love setting my own schedule, pace + rules, such as:

{Demystifying Depression} Tell Me Pgh

Everybody deals with this stuff...
— Me:)

I had the pleasure of sharing my story of depression at The Pittsburgh Foundation's "Tell Me Pgh: Hard To Love Storytelling Event" at Bricolage last Tuesday, April 26th.

It wasn't all doom + gloom... I was able to also share my passion + vision for Demystifying Depression to break the silence.

Check out the blog post for more details + to watch the video of my talk. 
http://demystifyingdepression.blogspot.com/2011/05/tell-me-pgh-hard-to-love.html

{Demystifying Depression} PKN Presentation

In the end, it doesn't matter
that everything's in pieces,
it's how you carry them.
—Garret Freyman-Weyr, via TWLOHA

New post on Demystifying Depression recaps my recent slideshow for the first public presentation to 'break the silence to dispel the myths + misconceptions of mental illness.'

The response... awesome:) Silence broken. Viva la revolution!
http://demystifyingdepression.blogspot.com/2011/04/silence-broken-pkn-presentation.html

{re:Hashing History} Recap of World Theatre Day

It is therefore a travesty
to keep quiet in times like ours... 
—Jessica A. Kaahwa, Uganda

Head over to re:Hashing History to read my recap of Bricolage's Fifth Wall Celebrates World Theatre Day: http://rehashinghistoryotv.blogspot.com/2011/04/recap-fifth-wall-celebrates-world.html

3/27/11: Fifth Wall celebrates World Theatre Day

For all my internationally-minded friends, block out your calendars and join me for World Theatre Day on Sunday 03/27 at Bricolage!

Be the Forest and the Trees

Photo by Stephanie Rexroth: http://www.flickr.com/photos/onthevinecreative/5429415884/in/set-72157625960428302/

The Forest and the Trees
Stephanie Rexroth
03/11/2011

See the forest through the trees;
Hear the forest through the trees;
Feel the forest through the trees;
Be the forest and the trees.

Immigrada immigraniada-da

Eugene Hutz, Gogol Bordello, image courtesy of
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/gogol-bordello/images/3519994/title/eugene-hutz-photo

Remember always, that all of us, especially
you + I, are descended from immigrants...
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Mosey on over to re:Hashing History for a great song + video by Gogol Bordello that serves as a nice social commentary on the current crackdown on immigration. Some things change, some things stay the same...

http://rehashinghistoryotv.blogspot.com/2011/03/immigraniada-gogols-commentary-on.html