COMING-OF-AGE
COMING-OF-AGE is never easy, irrespective of how easily or not it happens. And, the first one, adolescence, is a doozy for everyone. Looking back, I’m impressed with how every approximate decade of my life brought with it another coming-of-age, for me, mostly related to my work, my “job” being to figure out what message my work had for me about…well…me.
My decades were adolescence, college/university life, physician, author, artist, medical computing analyst, corporate official, military officer, closed environmental life support scientist, artist and actor. Hey, that would make me over 100 — not! But you get the idea. Each “decade” has taught me something more about myself, enriching my life’s journey.
Most experience a coming-of-age as starting out curious and interested but not particularly knowledgeable, segueing into a frenzy of learning, followed by a quick look back from a wiser point-of-view before moving on. That’s been largely true for me, authoring being a good example. With over 60 published books and articles, I feel I’ve attained a certain plane from which I can comfortably write, author and publish, as well as assist others starting out on this pathway. Me, I’m an out-of-the-box author be it non-fiction — UNLOCK THE GENIUS WITHIN: Neurobiological Trauma, Teaching and Transformative Learning (R&L Education 2005) by Daniel S. Janik, or fiction — THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2021) by Raymond Gaynor, a pen name as fictitious as the novel. But it was completely different for acting.
I came into acting late in life and started at the top playing lead actor in the K. Simmons Production of STATIC (2021). It was probably one of the most OJT experiences of my life. But the point is, starting as lead actor, I have had the years of “usual” experience “working one’s way up” to try to catch up. Not that I was a total newbie to acting. Looking back, all of my various “decades” involved acting in one form or another. Still, currently, I’m busy, busy, busy simply catching up with all the knowledge and experience most actors slowly acquire and bring with them to the pinnacle of their career, a sort of reverse coming-of-age decade that’s proving both intense and exciting, with one audition after another, acting, modeling, voice and technical training all pressing. Still, I’m pleased to be a supporting actor in THE PERFECT ILLUSION, THE MALTESE COLLECTION, FINDING KATE and MOCOS, all scheduled for release in 2023, and even background actor in several made-for-television series like FANTASY ISLAND and NCIS:Hawaii.
Whenever people ask me how I characterize my rich and varied life, I mention Mr. Toad in THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, and Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. That’s me, Mr. Toad — totally engrossed in yet another coming-of-age adventure, delighting in being alive — https://janik.yolasite.com.
https://youtu.be/HZwaVvSaHlY
#DanielSJanik #RaymondGaynor #actor #author #ComingOfAge #book #movie #film #UnlockTheGeniusWithin #TheEdgeOfMadness #Static #OJT #ThePerfectIllusion #TheMalteseCollection #FindingKate #Mocos #television #FantasyIsland #NCIS #Hawaii #TheWindInTheWillows
My decades were adolescence, college/university life, physician, author, artist, medical computing analyst, corporate official, military officer, closed environmental life support scientist, artist and actor. Hey, that would make me over 100 — not! But you get the idea. Each “decade” has taught me something more about myself, enriching my life’s journey.
Most experience a coming-of-age as starting out curious and interested but not particularly knowledgeable, segueing into a frenzy of learning, followed by a quick look back from a wiser point-of-view before moving on. That’s been largely true for me, authoring being a good example. With over 60 published books and articles, I feel I’ve attained a certain plane from which I can comfortably write, author and publish, as well as assist others starting out on this pathway. Me, I’m an out-of-the-box author be it non-fiction — UNLOCK THE GENIUS WITHIN: Neurobiological Trauma, Teaching and Transformative Learning (R&L Education 2005) by Daniel S. Janik, or fiction — THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2021) by Raymond Gaynor, a pen name as fictitious as the novel. But it was completely different for acting.
I came into acting late in life and started at the top playing lead actor in the K. Simmons Production of STATIC (2021). It was probably one of the most OJT experiences of my life. But the point is, starting as lead actor, I have had the years of “usual” experience “working one’s way up” to try to catch up. Not that I was a total newbie to acting. Looking back, all of my various “decades” involved acting in one form or another. Still, currently, I’m busy, busy, busy simply catching up with all the knowledge and experience most actors slowly acquire and bring with them to the pinnacle of their career, a sort of reverse coming-of-age decade that’s proving both intense and exciting, with one audition after another, acting, modeling, voice and technical training all pressing. Still, I’m pleased to be a supporting actor in THE PERFECT ILLUSION, THE MALTESE COLLECTION, FINDING KATE and MOCOS, all scheduled for release in 2023, and even background actor in several made-for-television series like FANTASY ISLAND and NCIS:Hawaii.
Whenever people ask me how I characterize my rich and varied life, I mention Mr. Toad in THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, and Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. That’s me, Mr. Toad — totally engrossed in yet another coming-of-age adventure, delighting in being alive — https://janik.yolasite.com.
https://youtu.be/HZwaVvSaHlY
#DanielSJanik #RaymondGaynor #actor #author #ComingOfAge #book #movie #film #UnlockTheGeniusWithin #TheEdgeOfMadness #Static #OJT #ThePerfectIllusion #TheMalteseCollection #FindingKate #Mocos #television #FantasyIsland #NCIS #Hawaii #TheWindInTheWillows
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