For the past several months I've been thinking about how we, as artists, can pay forward the help, advice and guidance that all of us have no doubt experienced at some point in our training and working years.
Think about the last show you saw that genuinely moved you. Now think about the last show that genuinely dazzled you. Chances are they are not the same show.
For years I've said it as self deprecating a joke — I have enormous passion for the work, I have no ambition — and people laughed, and I laughed with them. I then recently I heard a colleague who I respect very much say something similar - so I decided to find out if it was actually true in myself. What follows is my answer.
