Thanks for this Mike — beautifully said. Happy New Year to you and everyone out there!
Cheers, cs On 12/31/15, 7:28 AM, "[email protected] on behalf of Mike Godwin" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >It's already been so many months since our reunion performance, where >once again we managed to do many impossible things together. > >I returned from that, already snowed under with new work closing out >the year but at the same time full of energy and creativity for which >I have all of you to thank, and of course you in particular, Doc. > >So just a couple of weeks ago I was doing a pitch here in DC for a new >international internet-policy project, and talking to potential >funders at Google, many of whom I have been working with already, and >one of the people in the room as I was warming up to my pitch (I want >to expand work in developing countries and in Europe) was asking me >about all my travels this year. "Well, I was in Cambodia twice, and in >the Philippines, and in November I was a participant at the Internet >Governance Forum in Brazil, and ..." "Yeah, but is it really true you >took vacation time off to go perform Shakespeare in Texas?" > >"Yeah, that's true," I said. And then I talked to the Googlers about >this creative thing with Shakespeare in Texas I've been lucky enough >to be part of, in various ways, for so many years, And I explained >how important improvisation was, and figuring out how to work with >other people from different backgrounds, often on the fly, and how it >was important to learn from the text, and to be as prepared as one >possibly can even though there is too little time, and how bringing >joy and energy to these collaborations is something from Shakespeare >at Winedale that informs my professional work to this day. They loved >it. They were energized by what I was describing. And all this is >because of all of you, and what I've been able to learn, and continue >to learn, from all of you. > >Many of you know I get buried in my day job sometimes, and so will go >for a while without responding to your individual or group messages, >but I wanted to take a moment at the end of this amazing year to thank >you all so much for your generosity, your energy, your fellowship, >your creativity, and especially for (as occasionally required) your >tolerance. > >I hope you all have the happiest of celebrations this New Year's Eve >and New Year's Day, and that you have the lovely, wonderful, >fulfilling year that I believe each and every one of you deserve. > >Love, > > >--Mike > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Shakespeare at Winedale Email List" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. _______________________________________________ Winedale-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/winedale-l
