ONCE UPON A TIME . . .
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. . . in a far away land called Stevie's imagination, Angel came bursting into existence with great enthusiasm.
As a young child s/he was full of joy. Somewhere along the way s/he lost it . . . the joy, that is. This story tells how s/he rediscovered it. |
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The shadow is that part of our unconscious mind that holds our darkest secrets, as well as our most traumatic and shameful memories. If it remains unexamined it will continue to sabotage our life, and cause suffering in some way.
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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
—Dr Seuss (1904–1991) |
CREATIVITY & LIBIDO
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Angel is the manifestation in form of my creative side, but also of my mischievous, naughty side . . . of my shadow. Angel evolved in fits and starts throughout my life, and as you can see from the slideshow above, sometimes the energy involved is feminine, other times masculine, and sometimes a fusion of the two, but always playful, joyful, creative, and mischievous.
In recent years, Angel has been more fully allowed—rather than repressed and hidden from view, or unconsciously indulged in an addictive fashion, as used to happen in the past—and as a result this creative, playful energy is becoming progressively more available to me; it's slowly being integrated more and more into all aspects of my life. I believe that this energy is what Freud referred to as the libido. To me it feels like pure aliveness and joy. |
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Angel is my expression of joy and creativity, but s/he also harbours my shadow and my inflated ego. The joy and creativity is freed up more and more as I continue to shine the light of consciousness onto my shadow through self-inquiry.
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SINGER, PIANIST & CABARET PERFORMER
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As Angel, I perform cabaret style numbers, mostly from musical theatre. Some of the characters I portray in my shows include Maria van Trapp and Mother Superior from The Sound of Music; Eva Peron from Evita; Queen Elsa from Frozen; King George III, Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and both Eliza and Angelica Schuyler from Hamilton; Figaro from Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro; Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde from Jekyll & Hyde; Fantine, Eponine, Jean Valjean, Marius, Javert, and Thenardier from Les Miserables; Glinda and Elphaba from Wicked; Desirée from Sondheim's A Little Night Music; Pippin and his grandmother, Queen Berthe, from Pippin; Evan from Dear Evan Hansen, etc.
In recent times I've been performing at parties and events, including my own wedding in 2016, as well as a number of significant birthdays and other celebrations here in Sydney, Perth, Rio de Janeiro, Amsterdam, and Ashland, Oregon. I've also been hosting soirées at my home, which are a fun part of the evolution. These days, rather than just performing other people's songs, more energy is being channelled into writing my own songs, the final goal being to complete my musical, Beyond the Mirror. |
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“There’s a growing number of humans alive today whose consciousness is sufficiently evolved not to need any more suffering before the realisation of enlightenment. You may be one of them."
—Eckhart Tolle |
THE EVOLUTION OF ANGEL
To see more recent images, check out @angel_stevie on Instagram: www.instagram.com/angel_stevie/
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Angel Stevie—that is, the fully integrated me—is the inspiration for the protagonist, Angel O, in my musical, Beyond the Mirror.
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To see more videos of Angel Stevie performing, go to my Vimeo page: www.vimeo.com/angelstevie