Peter Sipla is a Chicago-based Voiceover, Stage, and Film Actor.  His posts are geared towards those interested in getting into Voiceover work, as a career, or as a path to financing their other artistic pursuits.

Unwanted, or Unused?

I feel unwanted sometimes. And I know that’s not your fault or your responsibility.

These are things I’m working on, but if you want a peek under the hood, that’s where the frustration comes from.

When someone asks for my help with something, especially when it’s a subject in which I have knowledge, I get invested.

I invest my whole being into it. I use all of my faculties, all the bits of my wisdom, all the searching I’ve done, ALL of it.

I want to sift through that knowledge and employ the tactics of best fit.

I like operating at full capacity like that.

In those moments, it’s like I’ve been approaching projects and solving problems in daily life, just for this purpose. And it feels good.

I feel useful.

It’s so important for me to feel useful.

Noise.