Joey Tremblay Thought 13
An episode of the Thought Residencies podcast, hosted by Spiderwebshow, titled "Joey Tremblay Thought 13" was published on December 29, 2016 and runs 2 minutes.
December 29, 2016 ·2m · Thought Residencies
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Hello my name is Joey Tremblay, and this is thought number lucky 13. All my life I've had this recurring dream. It takes place in my home town, Ste Marthe, Saskatchewan, amongst all of my family relatives well the community in general, because we are having a family reunion. And in the middle of the proceedings I discover that I have the ability to fly. Well, It's not really flight, it's more like I take a deep breath and I become suddenly buoyant and I start to float and swim in the air. And I'm able to float so high, that I place my foot gingerly on the tip of the cross that sits atop the Ste Marthe Church steeple. "hey everybody look I can fly." And far below my family looks up in horror. They find my newfound ability disgusting and start shouting, "Get down from there. That's embarrassing. Stop bragging about your stupid float-flying. Stop acting like your gift makes you better than all of us. Be humble. You're embarrassing your mother." So I let go of my breath and I slowly come down. Fully shamed - fully humbled. And you know, all my life I thought this recurring dream was teaching me humility. "don't get too full of yourself. Be humble with the gifts you have. In fact - better to keep them to yourself." But I'm at the point of saying, "fuck that. I don't need to put my gifts away. I don't need to hide my special abilities. If I can suddenly fly, then hell that's a great thing. It's not shameful. It's my gift." And that's how I'm starting to think about my place in theatre. I was born with the gift of being able tell my stories through the medium of theatre. Whether, it's by acting, or writing or directing or all three. And I'm not going to be all prairie humble about it. I'm not going to be apologetically Canadian about it. I'm not going to be demure and shy. I'm not going to be afraid of being too proud. I'm going to promote my little gifts. They are what I have to offer the world and they are worth something. They are worth giving.
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