…as Dorothy wondered and exclaimed to her dog Toto in “The Wizard of Oz.”
An article about theatres having challenges after the pandemic caught my eye during my week(s) off. The gist of the piece outlined the small attendances, reduced programming, and staff layoffs not to mention local and Federal grants drying up.
Throughout the entire article, there was no mention of what these organizations were doing to address these and other challenges, but maybe the article was just about the complaints and problems being faced, not the solutions.
The pandemic seems to have turned things upside down a bit but what I have found in some cases is that the issues now being faced were present prior to the pandemic. The pandemic just accelerated the issues showing up, not specifically causing them.
So, are these organizations doing the same things, trying to go back to an old normal using pre-pandemic mindsets to solve post-pandemic problems?
A better strategy for all of us might be to look at our situations and issues and engage with them as they now stand with the resources and insights we presently have so we can move forward to a more useful place.
We’ve all heard the famous definition of insanity outlined by Albert Einstein, “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Maybe we’re all just a little insane at the moment.
I heard somewhere that right now might be the last time things will be the same and, like Dorothy, we’re just coming to grips with the fact that we’re not in Kansas anymore.
Written while listening to an Emilie Autumn mix.
This blog post was thought of and written by me, no AI here, and is a mosaic of my experience, reading, and learning.
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