As a growing artist and young opera singer, I was taught very early on by a mentor the three rules of the theater: to be seen, to be heard, and, most importantly, to be understood.

Of course, this training manifested early on in the literal sense, with lessons in stagecraft, vocal pedagogy, acting, and diction.

Similarly to most things in my life, as I grew, these concepts became less literal. Their manifestation morphed into something different: an attempt to spread the rules of theater into the bigger picture of my own life -- that I could be comfortable being seen, heard, and understood on and off the stage.