And he heads off to yet another evening. Of creating awe and wonderment for his audience. Working out newer material to try out each time. Time after time. And once the performance is done, it’s then time to understand the audiences reactions, feedback...what part they liked, what didn’t work and get working on it once again! Thanks to him I’ve been fortunate to see the brave new ecosystem of young performers, storytellers, poets, stand up comics, writers, magicians, illusionists and several more performing artistes breaking new ground and formats who are all practising the same drill with amazing passion. I love the times they’re in and the opportunities they have, that they’re making the most of ! Hats off to all of them! I’m reminded of the words of Kahlil Gibran, ‘You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.’ #storytellers #poets #illusionists #greattimetobealive #indianartists #makeinindia #skillindia #spoken #spokenfest #paperweight #beatmap #performersofinstagram #instagram #india

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