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(American Psycho Broadway set by Es Devlin / lighting by Jon Clark)
at least they better fucking give that set and lighting award to this show for an obvious reason
Zac Efron talked about his time at CSSSA on Jimmy Fallon last night!
CSSSA does have a tendency to make you do fun things with your hair I guess (I died mine purple for the first time while I was there)!
i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth
day of life and of love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any–lifted from the no
of all nothing–human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
This song will always have a special place in my heart. After two years of working on this song and not being able to sing it my senior year will forever be one of the biggest heartbreaks I will ever face.
© Eric Whitacre
An open letter to my pre-acceptance/rejection CSSSA applicants.
So, pretty soon, the wait will be over. After three or so nerve-racking months of self doubt, questioning talent, looking at other applications to compare with our own, spurts of self confidence, and immeasurable amounts of stress, we will all know our CSSSA decisions by the end of the week. For some, that will mean opening a letter to find a handbook, intense feelings of happiness and an even greater sigh of relief, and for others, it will mean a huge hit to their egos, as the burden of failure falls on their shoulders and doubt creeps into their developing minds, torturing them relentlessly with the constant reminder of their inability to excel at exactly the art that they resonate with.
When each and every one of you receive your letter, you will have a choice. When you open it, the truth of the matter is, what is inside doesn’t matter. The letter that you will receive by no means defines you or your art, whether good or bad. You do. No matter your medium, you are all artists; the ones who change the world. The ones who go against the status quo, challenge the set doctrines and ideological shackles that society is constantly constrained by. You have a purpose: You are the light in a world of darkness and negativity that humanity inhabits. Without you: The reckless, the dreamers, the risk takers, the world would be dull, unchanging, sad and boring. It would be pointless.
Whether that letter says you can go to a summer program or not does not change that. You are an artist. You are here to make a change, to make a name for yourself, to bring joy and emotion and thought to those around you. You are an artist, who’s passion confounds the majority of the world and who’s drive is unstoppable. NO ONE defines what you can do except for yourself. No one can make you who you want to become except for you.
If you get that rejection letter, think of it as a positive. You have nowhere to go but up, and to do so, you need to always keep your head held high. Tape it up on your wall. Look at it each and every day, and don’t let it define you. Work at your craft. Work day in and day out, until no one, no organization, no camp, no school, no job, can deny you. Become the best and then some, because you are an artist. You are here for a reason, and that letter doesn’t mean shit.
Change the fucking world, because nothing can stop you.
You are a fucking artist.
@csssasyndey
to everyone who submitted an app this year:
I am very, very proud of you. you put your heart into putting together your app, and that takes courage! no matter what your results are, never stop creating art in all of its forms ❤️❤️
AHHHHHHH
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