Prayer is a funny thing. We pray for all kinds of things: More work, someone to love, a red porsche, great fortune, an easier life, a vacation in the Maldives, good health (in the middle of the night when you’re dying of the flu), a house, winning the lottery, the list goes on. And one thing I’ve found about praying is that when the Universe answers, the resulting answer inevitably comes in an unexpected package. A package that bears no resemblence to the picture I had in my mind when I was humbling myself before the powers that be.
And low and behold, my prayer for more work yielded up an offer from quite an unlikely source. I’ve never touched comedy in my life; comedy is for the thick-skinned, the brave, those willing to walk the tight-rope without a net. I’m just a singer and an actor. Who am I to meddle with the commedia dell’arte?
Yet here I am, smack in the middle people who have funny bones down to their very marrow. Go figure. Or actually… why bother trying to figure? Let’s face it, it’s never a good idea to think too much; you create all kinds of problems that aren’t there.
And so, onwards and upwards. Here we are, The Nualas, live on RTE Radio 1 in Ireland on the day of our big launch gig in Vicar St. in Dublin:
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And here we are just the week before on Ireland’s highly sought after talk show the Late Late Show, alongside The Commitments and Elbow, no less! Who would have thunk it?
‘Tis a strange thing, fortune. They say it favors the bold. I would add that it also smiles on the stubborn, the tenacious, and the slightly insane as well. There is no sweeter reward than risking your neck and triumphing against the odds, setting sail into unknown and unfamiliar waters, not knowing whether you’re going to sink or swim. But we must do that which excites us and terrifies us. That’s just life, isn’t it?
Love well and love often,
Health, light, and music,
M.ox
