I’m asking, “Should I do more of this?” More talking to the camera. Shooting from the cuff. Messing around. What do you think?
You see, when I just watched this video, the 44th of 90 I did in 90 days in the summer of ‘21, I was delighted. Even surprised! This stuff is good! I don’t know if it would appeal to a lot of people, but certainly it would speak to any of you who have acted or spoken in front of people. Or who have dealt with insecurity.
Bang! People who have dealt with insecurity. Now that’s how to reach the masses!
You know, I mention Rent-a-Friend in this one. Did you realize that Substack now is configured to make it very easy for me to talk directly to you (via the camera) “live” — no editing, no filters…like I did on Rent-a-Friend? I’m feeling a little pull towards that. I think it would be fun. How would it be different from when I did it in 1986? How would I be different from how I was in 1986? Let me count the ways. (In my head.)
Let me know what you think. I’ve had people ask me, over the years, to do another version of Rent-a-Friend. One fella has a cool idea. We’d shoot a new one, then intercut it with the old one, with the 2025 Ben commenting on what he was doing in the 1986 one, what he was thinking, what he was hoping for. Actually, we would likely want to script this one. So many cool opportunities to do some very creative things.
Good thing I see my therapist today. He’s inviting me to look at the ways in my life that I’ve been performing versus simply being. This would be a good topic to get into —after we talk about my latest dream — that one I had this morning where I was involved in some kind of corporate video, and I was supposed to interview some CEO or head honcho, but no one had told me who that was, or when I was supposed to do it, or what I was supposed to zero in on during the interview. Lots of anxiety. I feared I was being judged for being lazy or sloughing off my responsibilities. But, jeez, no one had told me what my responsibilities even were. And then I see Bill Kurtis over there just finishing up his interview of one of the corporate officers. I be he knew exactly what was going on. I wonder what they paid him.
Ugh. A classic anxiety/insecurity dream, you know? It’s good to be awake again.
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