[SML] Dave Vick

[Steven Haworth]

Dave, your words and wisdom here on our little list have always been
encouraging and fun. I hear you on the BS; it's been hard through a number
of relationships and groups in my world as well.  You're right to be doing
what you need, to protect your own sanity.

You're a smart, creative person with an amazing mind, delightful honesty,
and kind heart - blessings on you wherever / whatever is next for you.  And
I hope you - and really all of us - find places for that creative Magic to
thrive, somehow.

On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 11:12 AM Dave Vick via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 8:18 AM Booth, Dennis G via Stagecraft
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
> > This post came up in my FB memories this morning, OP from Kristi R-C,
> July 18, 2014:
> > Wanted to share this from Dave Vick on why he does theater...
> >  <Big Snip>
> > The Theatre is Magic. And if it ever stops being magic, then it'll be
> time for me to die, because there will be no more magic left in the world."
> > I remember being inspired by this at the time, and I still am.  Not time
> to die, though.  Time for new adventures.
>
> [*teleporting in*]
> Hiya. How y'all doin'? It's me...
>
> I've been off and on the list lately (more off than on if I'm honest),
> depending on how I feel from day to day, but I've seen the tavern's
> reaction to my earlier farewell post...  And, to be honest, I'm
> completely gobsmacked by it. I absolutely *NEVER* expected I'd've had
> that much of an effect on so many other people; I've basically gone
> through life thinking of myself as "that loudmouth from East Cupcake."
> I am extremely humbled - seriously weapons-grade Humbled - by all of
> your responses.
>
> I'm decloaking today because I feel I must address Dennis' quote from
> my heart-of-hearts... For the record, I still feel that way, and I
> always, always, always will. Always. Yup.
>
> I'm leaving, though, because here where I am, the socio-political
> bullshit surrounding the Magic grew completely untenable, for a number
> of reasons directly and indirectly attributable to the Pandemic (and
> recovery from same) and the general State of Affairs here. I shan't
> list the myriad reasons here; most of which are local Union & Employer
> matters, and as such, are NOYB.
>
> In full disclosure, I will also reveal to you that I've long wrestled
> with some personal issues of depression, going back to what may be
> charitably considered a "troubled childhood." Theatre was Magic
> because it was my escape. And now, after a lifetime in Neverland, my
> escape was turning into a soul-crusher.
>
> The nadir came two-ish weekend s ago, when after a few days of
> assorted work-related socio-political horseshit (I was at the time the
> President of my IATSE Local and, as such, prime target for the
> throwing of hot monkey poop by all and sundry), I couldn't muster the
> gumption to even get out of bed.
>
> On my bedroom wall is a gun rack that I carved about ten thousand
> years ago out of some exquisite spalted Ambrosia maple . It holds my
> prized 12ga. trapshooting & sporting-clays shotguns; beautiful guns
> from Spain and Belgium, hand-engraved, handcrafted works of art, worth
> absolutely stupid amounts of money. And all I could do that morning
> was lie there in bed and stare at those shotguns and think to myself,
> "I can make the pain go away. It'll be so easy."
>
> And that, my brothers and sisters, was the point when I had my Moment
> of Clarity: I Can't Do This Any More.
>
> Sadly, around here I can't do Magic without having to deal with
> Bullshit. So I have to stop doing Magic, or I will die by my own hand,
> because moving away from the Greater Metropolitan Cupcake Area is most
> assuredly Not An Option. So Dennis is right; it's not time for me to
> die...  Not yet, anyway. And most definitely not by high-velocity lead
> poisoning. The Theatre is *still* Magic, but as strongly as I still
> believe that, I have to be strong enough to walk away from what I love
> beyond all measure.  For a while, anyway...  Maybe a long while...
> Who knows?
>
> Anyway... Enough of my blathering. I wanted y'all to know I love y'all
> (in my way), and I'm utterly stunned by your kind words. (Obviously
> not stunned speechless, but... Well... It's me, right? The Loudmouth,
> right?)
>
> Y'all stay safe, now...
> [*teleporting out*]
> --
> Dave Vick
> 517-749-3859
> Yeah; *that* guy...
>
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