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006: Becoming a Broadway Wig & Makeup Artist
1 hour 31 minutes Posted Aug 31, 2020 at 1:05 am.
) The new episode format.
) What’s making Chiara happy.
) The interview starts
) Hope what feels like a very long and unbearable in-between period after leaving school and landing a job.
) Imposter syndrome as an artist.
) Saying yes and giving people a chance when you’re in a position of power.
) The markers of a good teacher.
) Losing a parent while finishing a degree.
) Getting a grant.
) Loryn’s favorite kind of makeup to do + different professional makeup categories.
) Loryn’s manifestation process.
) How Loryn booked the Broadway World Tour of Shrek the Musical
) Dealing with a period of time where there are no job offers after a period of big professional success.
) Getting your dream job overnight and packing your bags and moving within days.
) Leaving a job or field you used to love to preserve your love of the art form.
) How to manifest. You have to know what you want.
) Asking the Universe what is in your highest and best interest when you’re at a fork in the road.
) Chiara starts the final round of questions.
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Loryn Pretorius is a Wig & Makeup artist. She teaches and works in film, on Broadway, and as the personal makeup artist for Kate Pierson of the B52’s.
She is also a master manifestor and in this episode, shares the story of how she went from starting at a MAC counter in Florida and growing up in a low-income, single-parent household, to working at the Metropolitan Opera and making a home in New York City with her husband and cat babies.
Please excuse your host as she potentially sets a world record for the most amount of "ums" in an intro. Please and Thank you!
RESOURCES
Like Brothers by the Duplass Brothers - Amazing book for artistic collaborators, especially filmmakers. 
The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer - For artistic imposter syndrome.
The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris - Loryn's book recommendation.
The Wig and Makeup School where Loryn Teaches
QUOTES
"If you dig it, do it. If you really dig it, do it twice."   - -  Jim Croce
"Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind"  - -  Theodor Seuss Geisel aka Dr. Seuss
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