Nick Babatsikos hits the Canadian stage

After making a splash in his first episode of Willful, actor Nick Babatsikos is back to talk about:
• The Second City Toronto Conservatory Program (“the best year of my life”)
• His first equity show after paying his dues as “coffee guy #2.”  
• Writing characters from real life and getting them on stage
• Who he is is all he has to offer ("Here I am, soup to nuts")

Willful is the web series that tracks how artists and creative entrepreneurs work, thrive and survive. We interview one artist a week, then post two 5-minute snack films from that interview on YouTube each week.

Follow us here or on our YouTube Channel and website, WillfulProject.com, for our entire archive of inspiring interviews.

Thank you, Greg Garson and The Merchant Taps & Tavern for offering us SUCH a fantastic stage!

#PerformingArts #Acting #Singing #Theatre #Musicals #Writing#BodyImage #BodyDysmorphia #SelfAcceptance #Greece#CenterStage #SecondCity #CanadianTheatre #Actor #Freelancer#MooseOnTheLoose
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When dementia hits home

In today’s episode of Willful, guest Sheryl Gordon talks about:

• The germination of her book on words

• Watching her mother lose her words

• The mixed terminology around dementia, and the angst it can cause

Sheryl Gordon is the author of A Rewording Life - ARL for which she wrote eight heartfelt essays on dementia, and then asked 1000 Canadian contributors to pen sentences using a bemusing and obscure word she provided them. Through her curatorial work, Sheryl hopes to harness the power of words to help eradicate dementia

*50% of the profits for Sheryl’s book sales will go to the Alzheimer Society of Canada (alzheimer.ca)

Willful is the web series that tracks how artists and creative entrepreneurs work, thrive and survive. We interview one artist a week, then post five three-minute snack films from that interview on YouTube every day.Follow us here or on our YouTube Channel and website, WillfulProject.com, for our entire archive of inspiring interviews.

Thank you, Greg Garson and The Merchant Taps & Tavern for offering us such a fantastic stage.

#Language #Words #CreativeEntrepreneur #Philanthropist #ARewordingLife #Dementia #The6ix #DemENDtia #Alzheimers #Meaning #Alz #DementiaStories #Japanese

Choosing your words carefully

In today’s episode of Willful, author and adult educator, Sheryl Gordon, talks about:

• How studying Japanese altered her understanding of the English language

• Facing her shortcomings

• Finding greater meaning in life through a different choice of words

Sheryl Gordon is the author of A Rewording Life - ARL for which she wrote eight heartfelt essays on dementia before asking 1000 Canadian contributors to pen sentences using a bemusing and obscure word she provided them. Through her curatorial work, Sheryl hopes to harness the power of words to help eradicate dementia.

*50% of the profits for Sheryl’s book sales will go to the Alzheimer Society of Canada (alzheimer.ca)

Willful is the web series that tracks how artists and creative entrepreneurs work, thrive and survive. We interview one artist a week, then post five three-minute snack films from that interview on YouTube every day.

Follow us here or on our YouTube Channel and website, WillfulProject.com, for our entire archive of inspiring interviews.

Thank you, Greg Garson and The Merchant Taps & Tavern for offering us such a fantastic stage.

#Language #Words #linguistics #CreativeEntrepreneur #Philanthropist #ARewordingLife #Dementia #The6ix #DemENDtia #Alzheimers #Meaning #Alz #DementiaStories #Japanese

The path to adult education

In today’s episode of Willful, word curator and adult educator, Sheryl Gordon, talks about:

• Waiting out the Canadian recession in Asia

• Learning Japanese to make herself more marketable

• Testing her chops as a translator

Sheryl Gordon is the author of A Rewording Life - ARL for which she wrote eight heartfelt essays on dementia, before inviting 1000 Canadian contributors to pen sentences using a bemusing and obscure word she provided them. Through her curatorial work, Sheryl hopes to harness the power of words to help eradicate dementia.

50% of the profits for Sheryl’s book sales will go to the Alzheimer Society of Canada (alzheimer.ca)

Willful is the web series that tracks how artists and creative entrepreneurs work, thrive and survive. We interview one artist a week, then post five three-minute snack films from that interview on YouTube every day.

Follow us here or on our YouTube Channel and website, WillfulProject.com, for our entire archive of inspiring interviews.

Thank you, Greg Garson and The Merchant Taps & Tavern for offering us a fantastic stage.

#Language #Words #CreativeEntrepreneur #Philanthropist #ARewordingLife #Dementia #The6ix #DemENDtia #Alzheimers #Meaning #Alz #DementiaStories #Japanese #Japan #Linguistics #AdultEducation