a blog by Isa Adney for creatives, artists, & dreamers
For the past 10 years I've lived on the second floor or higher, so when last year my husband and I moved into our first first-floor place - a townhouse that came with its very own open outdoor patio - I decided to get my very first gardening pots and plants.
It was oddly the first thing I did when we got the keys.
Read MoreI'm obsessed with these creativity-based podcasts right now:
Read MoreI am not British but I went to England for two weeks in college and I fell in love with everything about it. We did London for only a few days at the end - which was great of course - but what really captured my heart was the English countryside.
The gardens. The architecture. The very friendly people and scrumptious food that belied much of what people told me to expect about the place.
Read MoreHamilton: The Revolution is one of only two books of which I own two copies; the other is The War of Art.
Both gave me hope in some of my darkest times of self-doubt. And that is why, even if you are not obsessed with Hamilton the musical, Hamilton: The Revolution is worth a look. Because it is about so much more than a hit Broadway show.
It’s about what it takes to make the impossible possible.
Read MoreEver wonder what would happen if you listened to two Broadway musicals written by Lin-Manuel Miranda one after another on a five hour roadtrip by yourself?
Read MoreIt happens at a Little Women watching party, a few days after Christmas.
My friend Brittany is down from Washington DC and invites a bunch of girls over to watch Little Women, my favorite movie of all time. Brittany and I have been friends for years but I have no idea we have this in common; I've only ever watched Little Women alone in my room, letting it fuel my writing dreams on rainy days. I can't wait to watch it with another woman who loves this story as much as I do.
Read MoreWe meet outside the Richard Rogers Theater, where Hamilton: An American Musical, a project Will worked on not too long ago, is currently playing to sold out crowds (and a few months later wins 11 Tony's). Will just finished saying hello to his old friends backstage; he is based in LA. We were originally supposed to do this interview on the phone, but somehow, we both ended up in New York City in the same week.
After a whirlwind backstage at the Richard Rogers we set off to the recording studio.
Read MoreI’m crying on an airplane, face pressed against the glass of the window after 24 hours in New York City for my 29th birthday.
I’m half hoping the guy next to me can’t see me crying, and half feeling like “It’s my birthday and I’ll cry if I want to!”
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Broadway performer Ashley Brown on what it means to really choose your craft and your dream.
My coat is linty. It’s January and it’s one of the first cold nights we’ve had in Florida in years. This coat – my favorite – goes down to my calves, with a long lapel that makes me feel like Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham in Downton Abbey, all dressed up for an ordinary dinner.
I try to get as much lint off as possible while I hustle from the parking garage across the street to Orlando’s new performing arts center. I want to look nice, sophisticated; I’m about to meet and interview a Broadway star, someone who originated Mary Poppins in New York and who’s played Belle on the stage, my childhood dream.
Read MoreI've thought about the First Post for this blog for a few months now. I've been thinking how I could introduce this new blog, what I could say, how I could put into words the swelling of emotions and failures that have led me here.
The sentences and ideas have been rumbling around in my head since July. I wanted to get it right.
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