So yesterday, my friend 'hubbabalooba' was in this odd mood. But for some reason it really worked.
She's directing the play I'm in and yesterday was the first day I've really seen the complete focus of her directing abilities. It was absolutely amazing to watch. I don't know what got into her, but it was amazing. Here let me explain:

So we are working on a scene that involved this older gentleman will call him 'stubborn Hossenfeffer'. He was to play a German Jew that survived the Holocaust and was listening to a rant. The direction from 'hubbabalooba' was something to the effect of
'I want to see you react to this rant as Syd would. I want to see you utilize your space."

From here we got to listen to 'stubborn Hossenfeffer' go on and on for what felt like freaking 15 minutes about how he thinks he, as Syd would just sit there. Then he asked 'hubbabalooba' to show him what she means.
She does and boy does she. It was neat to watch 'hubbabalooba' work. She went from 'hubbabalooba' the director to Syd. It was pretty cool. Then after that you think ''stubborn Hossenfeffer' would have it right? Oh $%^&*!@# No!
He's got to go on again how moving would take away from the rant and blah, blah, blah.

People...we are talking about a slight stand up as an old guy and gaze. Move a little and react calmly with a "GAZE". I mean come on.

So 'hubbabalooba' interjects and really puts her foot down. She said something to the effect of 'this scene is about such and such and it is not about the rant. Moving would enhance..blah blah..." ...but got it to the point. In essence she told him diplomatically what I would have said bluntly
" Look just do what I tell you, I am the director and I know it will work you are going on like this is the only performance in the entire play just do it you stubborn ass!"

But the neat part comes as I was watching her direct "gray" in his take on Beethoven. It was awesome. I sat there and just caught myself staring. Here was this creative process taking place and 'hubbabalooba' was so precise, so focused, so in control of what was going on in developing this picture.

Let me see if I can explain the 'awe' in what I observed...

While watching 'hubbabalooba' at that moment she wasn't a she. She wasn't a he either...Ha! But it was as 'hubbabalooba' was not a gender at all but a creative force, a creative energy if you will that was gliding from the directors chair to the stage and creating this beautiful and wonderful scene and conveying it to 'gray' in a manner that commanded him by sheer energy and presence to grab hold and create along side the energy.

I hope I conveyed the whole happening of last night, because it was absolutely amazing. Absolutely amazing. Words simply do not do it justice.