I sat down to write something for Tina for her birthday & I decided to recycle a piece I wrote for her on our Broadway Opening of SpongeBob… because it defines so much of what Tina means to me as a creative light.
Tina, Tina, the goddess Xena,
How does your garden grow?
With magic bubbles and love that doubles
And a journey that takes us to and fro.
This garden of Eden grows wild, a weed that is a bloom of creation put in motion to push the independent boundaries handed down from the flash of imagination into a world that is not really ours.
Yet we are issued our papers to live in and embody this strange garden with her curves, slopes and towers of majestic trash.
The colors of this world go beyond the spectrum of our expectations we are not one but all colors and sizes real and robust.
Our Eve a tactical genius planting creative temptations in our paths making sure each small petal has a deep winding root of truth.
We trust that we are not going to be exiled from this place
when we dig deep into her fruit filled with music
but rather celebrated for our exploration into joy.
We are surrounded by a sturdy fence of dedicated hands that welcome anyone who wants to share in this beauty that we call Bikini Bottom.
The Tao of Stage Managing 