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Sophia McDowell, Theater of Witness, Week 9

"Twelve Guiding Principles" and "Growing Old is about The Growing"

Teya Sepinuk's journey with outside criticism about her age limiting what she could do aligned very well with the guiding principle, "Trust The Process". In society, women are often told that they have to choose, home life or their careers. However, for Teya it was different. She chose to do it all. When reaching a certain age, society also told her to stop practicing her artistic form, that there was a limit to her creativity once she reached a certain number. Her choice to open her heart to life's possibilities and to feel free to create Theater of Witness is a brave example of trusting your own process.

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