Las Manos de Dios

So much is out of our control in this biz, and life in general.  I say Do all you can and then just let go and see what happens.  The pilot I just booked that I blogged about below taught me that lesson again:  Let Go.  Let whatever will be, be.

While waiting my turn to audition, I marveled at a poster staring at me.  It was for a play that had been produced in the space.  This play was called "Las Manos de Dios."  Translated in English it means:  The Hands of God.

Now that I booked the job, that poster and its title has me chuckling--and marveling too.  You know my favorite quote; I've posted it here before:  Follow your bliss and invisible hands will come to your aid. --Joseph Campbell.

At that audition space I also ran into people who I had done plays with a few years ago.  It was nice to reunite with them.  Running into old friends I've always believed is the work of "higher authority."

Tomorrow I have a callback for The Onion!  I've blogged here about how much I love their videos online and how much I'd love to be a part of them.  I've auditioned for them twice.  It's very encouraging to see they remembered me enough to have requested me to come in again.  They're calling it a "callback" but I've never auditioned for this particular role before.  They must have gone through old auditions and thought I'd be a good astronaut and so called me in.

This is what I mean when I say Let Go.  Keep doing what you're doing, but then step back and let the universe do its thing.  Things will materialize.

This EQUITY job, this AFTRA job I got seemed to have come out of "nowhere."   The callback for The Onion seems to have come out of nowhere, too.

Las Manos de Dios!   

--Jim Todd