We like to share the internet love. Here is what’s been catching my eye lately:

An amazing series in The Guardian, Guide to Performing: Acting, that I can’t get enough of. You’ll need a whole Sunday to delve into the articles, full of first hand accounts from actors, teachers and critics. The perhaps unsurprising, yet incredibly comforting, through line from the actors is the struggle of both the creative process and lifestyle. From Juliet Stevenson saying, “I often wrangle with myself as an actor, and wrestle with the process. In striving for authenticity I often have the feeling I am falling short.” To Maxine Peake admitting to crying at an audition, “I wouldn’t generally recommend a bonkers approach to auditioning, but when you know you’re right for the part and you think “I can do this, I need to do this”, like I did at that audition, then what have you got to lose? They can only say no.” I left the articles feeling part of an intense, valuable tradition.

Larry Gelbert’s previously unpublished speech to the WGA in Vanity Fair left me actually looking forward to writing. No small feat. Gelbert quotes Thomas Mann as saying, “A writer is someone who has a harder time writing than other people do.”

Now that you are inspired, you may be ready to tackle more practical matters. Dallas Travers has a great article on headshot prep on her blog. While you’re there, enter your email for her free “Thriving Artist Starter Kit.”

There is so much to read at communicatrix.com. I particularly like her articles for actors which manage to be helpful and inspiring while also being sardonic, funny, and honest.

At the Happy Days blog, Tim Kreider explores the way we look at the life choices of our peers and judge them against our own, what he calls, “The referendum.” Maybe it’s because we get to dip our toes in other lives through the roles we play, but it seems that actors are especially prone to question their life choices. For myself, I don’t know that a week ever passes by that I don’t at least half seriously consider moving to New York, Greece or a yurt on a mountaintop. From the article, “The problem is, we only get one chance at this, with no do-overs.” A theme is appearing among these links. Apparently, I like articles that make me feel less alone in my choices and neurosis. This one did just that.

Another delightful New York Times blog, is Abstract City, by Christopher Neimann. Neimann is an artist who lives in Berlin with his family and has apparently been feeling as homesick for NYC as I have been lately. My favorite recent entry is I Lego NY.

I think we have another heat wave coming our way, but in the meantime, the misty mornings and chilly nights make it feel like fall. I want to make these for friends before the last of summer is gone. As a kid, I always thought my mom was so strange for reading cookbooks. Now, I realize I continue the tradition by browsing food blogs. The previous recipe is from The Kitchn. 101cookbooks.com also always delivers with its gorgeous pictures and delicious, healthy (for the most part) food.

Need to laugh? These clips are not new, but a drunken Orsen Wells should make you feel better about your most botched commercial audition.

And this spoof by the Upright Citizens Brigade is pretty fantastic:

What has been making you laugh, think or get hungry? Do you have a blog I should know about? Post your comments and links below.

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