Laura Adamo: How To Use Your Failures, Criticisms, And Vulnerability To Hone Your Creative Process

<p>What is your biggest failure in life? Did it stop or help your art?</p> <p>Actor/Writer/Director Laura Adamo is joining the conversation on Cue to Cue this week to share how the failures and pain she experienced in the past allowed her to hone her creative process. She reminds us that we can fail spectacularly because at some point in our lives, it will be a part of the key in unlocking the next step of our journey into something great.</p> <p>What do you do when you’re forced to face the unknown? When was the last time you learned something new and stepped outside of your comfort zone? Take a leap of faith!</p> <p>Laura reiterates that creativity requires us to lean into vulnerability instead of running away from it. Have the courage to have an open heart and move authentically through the world. Be the best version of yourself and don’t let your past define your future.</p> <p>In this episode:</p> <ul> <li>How taking the director’s hat became the greatest gift she gave her actor self.</li> <li>The importance of having an open heart in your creative process.</li> <li>How to discern which criticism you should listen to.</li> <li>The dynamics of balancing the business and creative side in directing a movie.</li> <li>How a series of painful events inspired her to create “The Wishing Tree” movie.</li> </ul> <p>Share Laura's Epsiode! >>> <a href= "http://www.thisischelseajohnson.com/185">www.thisischelseajohnson.com/185</a></p> <p>A little about Laura:</p> <p>LAURA <span class="il">ADAMO</span>, is a Toronto based actor who is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York. Upon her return to Toronto, Laura began writing and producing in addition to acting. Her first project was the short film DRAMA QUEEN, which she created the concept for, produced and stared in. The film screened at the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL and won the bronze medallion award at the HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. She went on to produce and star in LAST CALL, a feature film that screened at THE BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVA