Hello? Hi. Hey folks, we just asked that if you could move closer to this lit area, we'd love to see all your faces. This is going to be a very hopefully communal interactive session. So we just want to get to know everyone and see everyone. So if you wouldn't mind moving towards the light, we'd really appreciate it. Please move towards the light. And if you should be filling out a survey, if you have not already, if you need a survey, could you please raise your hand and we'll get one to you. Everyone good with the surveys? Awesome. And please feel free to bring it forward or flag down Marie here at the center when you are done. Okay, hi everyone. Welcome to the session home here there. Where? Mining the gap and bridging it. And we're about to, we're starting right now. Okay. I'll take the ball now. Thank you. Good afternoon everybody. So we're just going to do some quick introductions. We're going to ask everyone to say your name, the organization you're with, and where you're from. It should be very quick. Again, your name, the organization you're from, and where you're from. Okay. Hi there. I'm Lillian Osai-Boateng with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and I'm from New York, New York. My name is May Lee Yang. I'm an independent artist, but I started a company called Lazy Mung Woman Productions. I'm from St. Paul, Minnesota. Hi, I'm Alain Clouarec. I'm an all-for-the-artist at NYC. I'm a filmmaker and acting teacher from New York City. I'm Jin Lee. I'm a PhD student at UGA. I'm Tracy Kato-Kidiyama from Los Angeles. I live in Gardena. I'm with a project called Poe Project Ensemble. I'm Ginny Sakara. I'm from Los Angeles. Actor and playwright. I worked a lot with East West players. Hello, I'm Katawasko. I'm from San Francisco. I work full-time as a production manager for Youth Speaks, and I'm also an artist, and I run my own independent theater company in San Francisco. Hi, I'm Meena Natrajan. I'm from Pangea World Theater in Minneapolis, and I'm originally from India, and I'm also a private director. Hi, I'm Sharif Ajoka. I'm from Los Angeles, and I work at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Hi, I'm Tim Dang. I'm from East West Players from Los Angeles. Hi, I'm Clara O'Dellastreus. I'm from Brooklyn, New York, and I guess I'm here representing Leviathan Lab. I'm a teaching artist and an actor as well. Hello, I'm Jorge Ortol with my Yike company, New York City, originally from the Philippines. Hi, I'm Jane Jung with 2G and Ping Chong Inc. and I live in New York. Emilia Cachapero, Theater Communications Group, New York from San Francisco. Hi, I'm Sydney Chen. I guess I can call myself a freelancer. Because I'm a high school student right now, and I'm from Philly. I'm Marie Renvelez from Los Angeles, Downey, California, and I work, okay, I'm a rep, three people, three organizations. I'm with USC and Theater Productions and Artist at Play. Hi, I'm Julia Cho, not the playwright. I am an actor and a fellow producing partner with Marie here. I'm one of the founding members of Artist at Play based in Los Angeles. Hi, everybody, my name is Candice Feldman. I'm with 651 Arts in Brooklyn. Hey, Brooklyn. I grew up in Kansas and I'm based in Brooklyn. Hey, everybody, I'm Victor Mayog. I'm Artistic Director of 2G in New York. Okay, well, thank you all so much for joining us, for Minding the Gap and Bridging It, Tagline Intergenerational Partnership and Succession in Asian American Theater. A brief overview of how this even came about. There was an API panel at the TCG National Conference that happened a few months ago, and there was a comment made about the younger, newer generation of theater makers and how weird maybe not is... Our organizational and activism skills were questioned, to be fair. And so this kind of came from that. And I actually have to credit Mia Katikbak, who is very supportive in her response. And the title of our session actually comes from her. And the structure of this session we have planned for you today comes from a next-gen leadership panel at TCG that Maria attended that was facilitated by Candace here. So briefly, we're just going to go over some stuff, but eventually we will break into smaller groups where hopefully all of us will have a chance to speak and contribute to these conversations. So the goals for today are to have open, transparent discussions about ideas of succession, what are the needs of the next generation of leaders, and also what are practices in terms of work, organizational skills, and also what are the systems that are working for younger theater makers in the Asian-American community? So yes, okay. And sorry, I tend to get really awkward when I realize everyone's listening to me. So okay, so we do have four discussions set up for everyone. And so Victor will be leading a discussion briefly about, yes. Okay, so we'll go over what we're going to talk about. So mine is called participation. Do I belong here? And so what the question is for myself, I've been participating in the education realm and in more mainstream theater. And this is my first conference. And also I'm just trying to get to know what the Asian-American field is. And in my two years at 2G, I've been noticing a lot of folks telling me, hey Victor, you know this is my first time at an Asian-American company, though they've been going to grad school doing significant things. On some level they said to me, I was never invited and I didn't feel welcome. And so how do we begin to have that conversation? Why do people not feel like they can participate? Why do people not necessarily want to stay? You know, what's the value of that? So that's part of what that group is for me. Participation, do I belong here? Great, and I will be facilitating the conversation on succession. Are you ready? Who's ready? And basically that is a question that's been coming up a lot lately. Last year when I was at an NPN conference, one of the main discussions was there were leaders that were in position that were ready to move on and transition out of their leadership role, but they didn't know how to pass on the torch. And then there was a response from people in my generation or in that next generation that would be moving up into that position that said, well, we're not ready because we didn't know that you were planning on leaving. So there's this gap that is happening and how do you prepare, and if you are part of a younger generation that wants to accept that role, how do you start articulating that and positioning yourself? And if you are a leader, an executive director or someone of that level that is planning on transitioning out, how do you prepare the person coming up afterwards? So that's what we'll be talking about. I will be leading the discussion on burnout and sustainability. Burnout, pretty self-explanatory. And yeah, how do we keep doing what we do without completely exhausting ourselves to the point where we question whether we want to keep doing this? And sustainability, I think that applies to our audiences, yes, as theater makers, but also sustainability and leadership and administration. Just keeping that fire burning, not only for our community, for those of us creating the work, creating the art, how do we just keep that energy and desire and passion? Systemas. Thank you. And I will be leading a discussion about, I will be facilitating a discussion about cross-cultural systems and affinity. We actually had a conversation a couple weeks ago about this session and what are the issues that we really wanted to talk about? What are the questions that we have for other people in our field? And one of the sort of trends or at least practices that we have noticed is that as younger leaders or younger emerging leaders that there is a lot of coalition building across different communities within theater and also outside of theater. And so why is that? What are the obstacles in terms of seeking help with resources within our Asian American theater community? And also what are the needs and how we can come together to help each other? Okay, so Candice. Great. So now we're just going to talk as a collective about just some ground rules and making the space feel safe for everyone. And so I just wanted to throw out some things and then of course I want to open it up to anybody else that has some rules that they think would be good for our time together. One of them is that this is a safe space so every person's words matter. And that if we can just agree that everyone's voice is important, everyone's words or thoughts are important and that there is a judgment here and that it is okay to disagree but not to condemn people for believing or feeling the way they are. Can I just get a nod from everybody that we agree? Yes. Good. That's one of the rules. Other rules is that it's okay to step out if you feel like you need to take a minute. Sometimes we get really heated in our conversations and instead of engaging into something that might become explosive that it's okay to take a breath and it's okay to say I'm feeling unsafe. So if you feel that conversations are going down to a road that makes you uncomfortable or you feel being questioned about your own self or identity, it's okay to say I'm feeling unsafe and that we can respect that. Can I get a nod that we agree to this? And then the last thing is this group is really about how you identify and how you identify in your own environments, whether it's work, artistically on the stage, in your own career as a writer, as an artist, as an administrator. And so it's not how I will identify you but how you identify yourself and that we are not here to make assumptions on people or what we think that they should be. So if I could just get that nod one last time. Great. Is there anybody else that wants to suggest just a ground rule for this space? No? Oh, I love you guys. Good. So now we're just going to take a moment before we break out into our sessions. Each facilitated session, we're going to have a lot of time to really get down into these guided conversations. We're going to have 30 minutes. That's a really beautiful amount of time to start one warming up to each other, trusting each other, but to really hit on some of the important aspects of each conversation. And you can go to whichever one you want, but just realize that we do want to walk away with action items. It's just, it's not a conversation about, no, this is what's going on. How do I change it? This is what's happening. How do I start the conversation? So there's 30 minutes to do that, but before we break out into those sessions, I just want us to all stand up together. I'd like us to come in so at least that there's just a little bit of space in between our shoulders. Yes, yes. I just want us to take a good look around each other and I'm going to actually have to drop the mic, sorry. We will all reconvene at the end, so don't feel like you're missing out on any one topic. We will all get together and share our thoughts at the very end. So we have Victor with participation at the far corner. We have Candace with succession, me here with burnout sustainability, and Marie with cross-cultural systems. So feel free to grab a chair, choose a group, and take a seat, folks. And we do want these groups as evenly numbered as possible just to keep the discussion time pretty even. So don't feel like you're missing out on any one topic. We will all gather together. So Victor with participation, Candace with succession, burnout sustainability with me, Julia, and Marie, cross-cultural systems. Gather around, gather around. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm going to see if we're ready to wrap up. Hello. Hey, folks, we're going to bring these small group discussions to an end now. Do we want to gather in the front or do we want to review in our respective stations? Can we circle back, folks, into the original large circle? Thank you all so much, everyone. Let's all reconvene. Let's all reconvene into the light. So we can share all our new knowledge with everyone. Folks in the back. Actually, Victor, if you want to stay there or whatever you're comfortable with, if you want to report back to us. I'll bring you the mic. Hi. Okay, so I'm going to bring this microphone over to Victor so he can report out from his group. But I'm also going to pass around an email list. So that we can also all get a report out of today's session. So we have what are the next steps and everything that we have discussed. Hi, everybody. Could my group just raise their hands, please?  And what I found ironic about the group was I thought, well, there's no other sort of Americans who had come in and participated in this. And I thought, well, maybe they're just not here. So I find that ironic. Participation, do I belong here? So part of the question that we had was, what are some of the blocks? And I don't know how much time do I have. Five minutes. Okay, great. Thank you. So we just talked about the blocks. Maybe it would prevent people from participating in Asian-American theater. One of the things are the identities, that it's splintered, that you don't want. Maybe you're not interested in one particular sect. That it's inward-looking. It's work that hasn't traveled. The reach of the work maybe has not gone beyond that particular city or to different countries. The other bit is, of course, like money, the profile. If you're going to be subsidizing theater anyway and doing theater, the money's not there. The spotlight's not quite big enough. And there's not an industry influence, right? Industry power. And sometimes there is, when we're speculating, maybe a bias towards the work. Maybe these are things that you already know and understand. And perhaps if people were doing this work, they would think of them limiting themselves. So if they're going to do this sort of work in theater anyway, why not go on a platform that doesn't necessarily frame them? And the question of who's limiting them? It could be like a white person's image of theater. Like, you're meant to be in this box. And frankly, they think there could be lack of opportunities and just invisibility. Like, this is work that no one pays attention to anyway. So those are some of the blocks. In terms of closing in the gaps, we think about how do we find a way to actually serve each other, right, the seemingly disparate groups? How do we begin to lift each other up? How do we identify outward-looking practitioners and funders with passion? How do we find those folks who are actually activating, putting money in, pulling the trigger on some things and have some skin in the game? The intent to create names for, I guess, part of it was how do we have a theater community with more recognizable names instead of just a few? And is there a strategy for that? Other communities have had that. Can we connect, build the reach of the theater by connecting the internet with the theater to widen the scope? Right? So it's not just a limited place. Can we begin to be more inventive with that? And exploring the root culture. Maybe you can just explain what the root culture is. If you go to anywhere in Asia, so things like the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc., Tokyo, you see the huge presence of song, music, popular culture, journalism, and so I think that theater makers, theater is just bursting in Hong Kong, bursting in Singapore. And there's that energy there. Can we connect to that? That's the point of exploring one's root culture. Okay, thanks. Up next, we have Candice and Succession. Hey, everybody. Where's my group? Throw up those hands. Woo-hoo! They were awesome. We're going to do this, and we're going to do this fast. Okay, so we have a lot. A lot of fine print, because that's how hard we worked. We had identified four questions that we wanted to talk about. Unfortunately, we only dissected two of them, because that's how deep it got. So number one was how to remove fear from the equation. What is the torch? Right, that's so deep. Legacy change, transition, or lack thereof. And so we tackled fear as the first one, and then we took out what's next. If you're the person in leadership, what are some of the things that you are preparing for? Pensions, transitioning into a consultant type of position. Financial planning is the organization that you are leaving in a healthy place. All these things to help you move on. Also, which kind of helped with number two, which is what the organization, cash reserves, that sort of number one and two are concurrent. They're on the same plane. Then we really went into how to communicate interest. If you are interested in being part of the succession plan, if you are interested in taking on that leader position, how do you open up that conversation? And the burden of that responsibility of moving into that leadership. Do you feel you're in a place that you can rise to that? And some of the things that we talked about that were good steps to take is mentorship. Mentoring is the number one important thing that came out of this. And finding a mentor isn't about force. It's an organic thing. You have to be open to the fact that the timeline might vary to be ready to be honest and vulnerable, that it's reciprocal. And when you're looking for a mentor, looking for someone that has a similar career path, values that you can have authentic relationship with. Then I go and find mentor transition committee. Then we talked about this responsibility and the burden and being prepared and starting with maybe a self-assessment of yourself. What's your story? What do you know about your skill set? Where do you need to work on it more? And then finding opportunities to get training, going to conferences, opening yourself in and educating yourself. But also having places that have funding for that. There's plenty of leadership, APEP, leadership you. There's so many of them. And putting yourself out there and learning and growing and talking to your boss about them. Staff grants. Oh, having organizations that have staff grants. Have professional development opportunities for your staff. This is about people that are already in leadership identifying leaders that are coming up and how to nurture them and get them prepared. It's a two-way road. You've got to be interested. You've got to be ready to do the work. And then you've also got to invest in those people. Moving forward. And for mentors, I just really like this quote, every single word you are saying is being listened to. You see that? That's serious. Then because we only had five minutes left, we decided that we couldn't tackle some of the other ones. So we just wanted to identify what the torch was. And the torch is interchangeable. The torch could be your torch. And when you pass it down, it could change. It could be somebody else's. Not having to say, you know, this is my torch. I'm giving it to you and it cannot change. But understanding the vision. Having your own vision. Where am I? Oh, being honest about the torch, if you are passing it down, knowing what you're leaving that person and what they're, you know, going to take on. Building in time for an interim person. That's important. You need to do that. Overall flexibility. Again, doesn't have to be the same torch.  Marie, you said an alarm? Last thought. Last thought. Okay.  Is it strong enough to start having that conversation? Do you share in the same goals of the organization? Know your truth. Be ready for an honest answer. One of the things we talked about is if you're going to be like, hey, I'm thinking about, you know, this. And if you have a feeling that your, you know, leader might be like... Maybe now is not the time to ask. Maybe start, you know, working towards positioning yourself. I'm done. Thank you. Go group! Woo! Now, and sustainability. So a lot of our conversation came from how we all got involved in theater in the first place as difficult as it is, as challenging as it is. Why are we here? And why do we do what we do? So as Jane Jung pointed out, our conversation kind of took an interesting trajectory and we always kind of came back to why. Remembering why, why we are here, why we choose to do what we do as difficult as it is. And I think part of that sustainability, part of what keeps us here is continuing to ask that question because I think there's something about the why that brought us all into this line of work in the first place. And I think that's the why is what's going to help keep us here. And also the why in bringing new people into the fold. So that was just a great kind of nucleus to kind of come back to. Some of the stuff that we also went over. Part of the why, there's so much personal, there's so much of the personal that comes into the professional in what we do. We can't help it. It's just art. We can't help it have our personal selves be intertwined and be such an innate part of the work that we create, the work that we help bring to fruition. What was interesting was that Emily brought a very, very fascinating parallel of how the work that we put into the arts is similar to the energy that one puts into parenting. I think some of you may relate to. I definitely relate to in terms of artists at play. We spend one entire year bringing this show to life and there is something about investing all that passion and energy into this kind of one entity. And at the end, we're like, we did it. It's alive and like never again. But then there's something so beautiful about the work you create that the cycle continues. I think working with like-minded people, like-minded colleagues with similar personal, similar work ethics, similar artistic sensibilities was something important that came up because that will be your support group when you inevitably come across challenges and struggles and hardships. Those people that you choose to work with are gonna get you through it because they're in the same boat. Strong leadership came into play. Working with, working for, working as a strong leader. The civil discourse in a world, in a society now where emails are so much easier. Just texting, what have you. But going back to that in-person interpersonal connection, which I think is also part of the work that we do in terms of touching people in a way that not all, I don't think any other profession can. Again, part of the why. And what's interesting, it needs segue into the cross-cultural systems. Perhaps another way of maintaining, working towards sustainability, having a more diverse team, having a more diverse group of people that you work with who can bring in different skill sets, who can fill in the holes that maybe you cannot. With different backgrounds, the people who can be there for you to maybe pick up the slack or the people who will understand what you're going through and will help hold you up when you are down. Because we can be down in the dumps in the work that we do. And also keeping in mind the perspective of the audience. Because again, theater, what we do is meant to be shared. This is not a solitary field. There's so, I mean, those of us here in the room, the people that we work with, our own kind of personal, I guess, constellation of friends, family, colleagues. Let them know what you're going through. Because not everyone understands what it's like to work in the arts, to work in theater. How much of the personal is intertwined with the work. Let them try to maybe explain it to them so they can understand how difficult it is in different ways. And what different challenges we face as artists and arts administrators and arts practitioners. Awesome. Thank you, Julia. Okay, so my team. Raise your hand, because you guys were great. Oh, my God. Okay, so we talked about cross-cultural systems and affinity, but we actually covered a lot. So first I got a survey of who was in our group and what their experiences were working outside of their own communities. And so we have people working in mentor-mentee relationships, also community partners with service organizations, LGBT communities, immigration policy makers, also regional collaborations, Latino community partners, and all four development of plays, also in terms of education and working cross-culturally within a staff. And then also intergenerational collaboration and partners. So that's who we were with. And then, so I asked the question about what are the obstacles, like what is, like what is keeping people from getting what they need, or at least like what is holding you back. And so we had people being afraid to ask for help, but then learning quickly that you should not be afraid to ask for help. And then also not knowing what specifically to ask for, thinking beyond the Asian American community, also thinking about timetables with a lot of community organizations, they do need more than a couple weeks or at least or more than a month to be able to organize and create a timeline of a plan to get people to come to a show, be involved. And then also there was a question of manpower, like capacity, you know, access to space, time and money in terms of development of plays and then realizing that there is a need to build a community. Like what is the time involved with that? So, and then we had really great stuff like in terms of bias of representation being an obstacle, being under resourced, also facing ignorance with other communities. So there was a wide range of obstacles that we were facing and so then I asked the question of how can we help each other within this community within this and then also within our national community. And so this was a really great part, this is my favorite part. Okay, so we had, so then Mei-Li Yang talked about transparent process. So like being really transparent about what your process is and then that going into artist exchange, the idea of a touring writing lab came about and then also utilizing intergenerational dialogue to learn about different models to better assess what models are working well. And then Tracy asked about if CATA has a resource guide of what are the programs that all of the organizations involved with CATA offer? And no, there isn't one. So we should, this is a task. This is a very tangible task. And so we have this as something to do to have an organized resource guide for what everyone has to offer. I think that'll help just build in terms of publicity, visibility, and then also to, it's an outreach tool. And then, so then speaking of that, there's the publicity and marketing of CATA as a network, as a national network to make sure that all Asian American artists know about this right here and what we do. And so that in two years it'll be a bigger conference so we have more to share. Tapping into the national network of arts presenters. So there are a lot of individual artists who do tour their work. And so to know who exactly is presenting work, to know which colleges and communities outside of the major cities bring in artists. And so then there's also a question about, well that also brings up the question of competition. A lot of artists don't want to share their list of presenters that they always tour with. But then also, Tracy brought up a really great point about, well, what if I had a list of top five presenters and then I asked someone else to make up a list of their top five presenters. And then individual artists and independent artists can have the power to have their top lists. And then presenters can compete, and that puts presenters in a great competitive field. And so that came into thinking about the long game, and then also thinking about smaller convenings. To think about smaller convenings and to have working conference calls, on a quarterly basis so that all of these tasks right here that we can actually get them done if we meet more often. And to actually set aside three hours every three months to get it done. That's it. So we did want to open this up. We're at six o'clock, but we did want to open this up if anyone has any urgent points to bring up for a group that they did not participate in. Yes, Amelia? To try to address it. And then also in terms of burnout, really important to find ways of renewal, which is essential. And I think I have a lot of different thoughts that I'm trying to cram into like a reader's digest version. Really important that your personal goals align with the organizational goals, because that disconnect can learn to burnout if there is not a right fit between where you spend your daily life, your work situation, and the organization. That's huge. But also really important to find the reflection time, that time away, the time not at our jobs. We all too many of us work 24-7. And to say it's okay to step away and just take a walk, step away and buy ice cream, step away and whatever it is to build that in. Thank you. Anyone else? The group that is in the succession group. And I noticed it was like, you know, the leaders in the field, you know, and I was wondering how you felt that there was no next-gen folks joining you in the conversation. Oh, besides Candice. Candice is moderating. But I'm saying to be part of the conversation in this, I almost left my group. I just, you know. Oh, next-gen. Hey, girl. Hey. Hey. Yes. I think that's important that as maybe someone younger, and I'll say, because as a facilitator, it was a little daunting myself to have what I felt for very experienced people, and I'm leading or facilitating this conversation. So I am, I just want to go ahead and throw that out to my group. You know, what did it feel like? An organization, like I said, one of the practices is, an active practice is to have everybody facilitate. So it's really, you know, it's part of the practice that people, you know, build leadership in that space. So maybe this bounces off to the question that I had actually for that group, was in terms of succession and leadership, I know folks have different models of leadership. If there was a conversation on exactly that, in terms of sustainability, you know, there are definitely dominant models of leadership and how people succeed, like take the throne for lack of a better metaphor. But, you know, is there like, there are companies who rotate leadership in a yearly basis, and so, you know, certain sort of qualms in that dominant model is probably already being addressed through, you know, building up that capacity for say one year this, or two years this person is leading, and so they have that capacity while at the same time two years later, another person gets it. I'm always wondering if there was a conversation on that, like the different models of... I think that's more like an ensemble-based model, and it's an interesting model to think about, and especially as... Yeah, I have to think about that a little bit more. You guys are popular for this succession group. But I'm very interested in the question about the torch and defining the torch and what it might look like for another artistic leader comment. So I was wondering if you could just elaborate on that a little more, the discussion that you had. It was in the end. Yeah, we just talked about the leader who's passing on the torch, giving the newer person a little more freedom to kind of define the torch for themselves, giving permission to have their own failures, ask the questions they need to ask, and let them know that it's okay for their torch not to be the same as the previous person. I think that's really important. I think it's hard for some of those leaders going out to let go of the torch and to accept that it might be different from what they created. Just to piggyback on that, I think we also broached the topic of self-assessment. What am I capable of and being allowed that time to be able to really kind of assess that for yourself and also on the other end, allowing this new person or maybe an outsider as you bring them into the fold, allow them the time, even though we're all on the go, we're all trying to make art happen, there's so much that we need to check off our list, but allowing these, you know, allowing our colleagues, maybe newer folks, allowing them to assess, like what am I capable of, what are my strengths and weaknesses, what can I bring to the table, and then being able to work with them after they've realized that for themselves. I'd love to pose a question that's between the torch and kind of connects these two, which is that I feel like as a nonprofit, as a leader of an organization, I've often found that we really, like, nurture, train, build people up, and of course it's a natural organic process to really be... to lead, and then what happens is that they leave and go and join the for-profit. Very often. I feel like this is like the underbelly of a conversation that I've had with so many leaders across the country, that they leave the field. Like, we're basically nurturing people for the for- You know what I mean? So I'm like, I just don't know, or we nurture people for larger organizations, so they go through the smaller organizations, they get trained, they get really, and then when you're kind of like saying, okay, let's get to the next step, or whatever it is, but they're gone to a larger nonprofit because they get more money in that nonprofit. So I feel like it's a really important question for our field. How do you sustain? You just hit on it because I think our organizations, overall, within culturally specific organizations, people need to be paid what they are worth. And people over all in our field are not paid what they are worth. And so that's a systemic issue and I think we all, everyone who's a leader, needs to figure out a way to make that happen. I will never bring on... But it's having a strong relationship with the advocates in your community. I mean, that's where the board and who you're reaching out to, your community liaisons, your community partners, essential, essential. You can't function in a vacuum in that way. I think the point I want to make about secession is that, you know, I've been an artistic director myself in the UK for two years, and being without cohorts. And the other side of the coin is that, you know, a certain sense of one chooses that is a sense of service and almost sacrifice of one's personal life, one's, you know, almost friendship somehow, you know. It's so hard for me personally to maintain my friendships of actors in the UK the moment I became an artistic director. It's where it was one of the most lonely experiences I've had. And I think that, so, you know, so it's not everybody's cut out, it's a calling if anything, you know. And very, very few people seem to be cut out for this level of calling no to so many people. I think it's probably managing expectations and saying no is probably the majority. So I think that there's something around, there's something around that side I think. The other point about people moving on, I think that's a good thing. There's about retaining the talent to the same things, but I do think there's moving people on to the full profit. That's great. If you can tell me who are the most successful people, you know, to create massive successes. If they're more, I'd love to hear maybe I can have a chat to you about these people that have moved on. Because I think that there's the people that will move on, but there's the people that will always have their foot in more than one camp. So some of them are wonderful advocates. Some of them have their foot in the full profit camp and they're not for profit. So I think those are my two points. I think also that organizations have to welcome people to come back. That I think it shouldn't be a given that once they cross to the dark side, they're never going to come back. But in essence, there are connections, relationships, I mean, lots of resources and there's not, I've talked to a lot of people about this and there's not always the sense that people are welcome to come back. I just want to go back to kind of the idea about sacrifice and being paid what you're worth. I think we all know that in the nonprofit world that the structure has been rough for a while, but there is opportunity and there's always an opportunity for change, restructuring, radical intervention about how that works. And I feel like I've had this conversation at TCG that too many times we do sacrifice so much of our personal lives, our mental space, our emotional space for the work that we do, but how is that good for the art that we create? It's not. So how do we get, and this is really something that is an action item that I encourage you to respond and you know there was a perfect nonprofit arts organization structure, what would it look like? And I mean really dream about this, we're artists, we work in this world, we're allowed to dream, we're allowed to think bigger and bolder, that's what we do. What would it look like? Because I think we cut ourselves short. What? By thinking that it's natural to be burdened, it's natural to get out, get some release and come back in. There's probably a better way of doing it. What is it? You know? This is actually, we're on the same wavelength right now maybe because it's Brooklyn all day. No, but I had conversations about these things in Brooklyn with the Brooklyn foundation and just how we restructure and allocate funds and again I'm not as familiar with the nonprofit funding and the community-based work. So a little bit in our conversation about when we do community-based work or teaching artists work to be more specific, it's almost disrespectful to be not paid for planning, to not get healthcare, to not be paid what you're worth and I think these teaching artists work and community-based work obviously starts to funnel into audience building and to theater in the community. You know, there's that. That's how I consider, that's how I make my living and if I don't get healthcare because of what I do and I spend a lot of time off the clock building curriculum and whatnot because it's something that I believe and it's time for these companies to start really restructuring and how do we make that sustainable for me to keep working at that level without burning out.  And then after about a year after that we co-founded Artist of Play and so it never really left but to still be able to not feel like I was leaving people and to have that opportunity to still be involved. Yeah. And the inviting people back, David Hayward that was in Homeland and the various Black British actors that have made it over here in America they've certainly come out to the UK and brought back the expertise brought back inspiration. So there's something about the African American and Black British there's quite a healthy symbiosis there and there's a thing about there seems to be a very single-mindedness on detecting about their community based in the UK a lot of the community theaters opening shows in the West End and so they have a non-profit model partnering with a for-profit model and so you know so there's some there seems to be quite a lot of sections and I don't know I don't know which I'm observing I offer that as one provocation that you can be non-profit and to have shows on the West End there's multiple examples currently and I think again in the UK companies that work internationally for for-profit reasons or working with healthcare providers etc I'm sure there are models here as well so I guess there's a duality and flexibility of thinking being true to what we do but also finding you know basically you know if I was a plumber if I was just doing little kitchens all the time and not doing you know big bathrooms or doing hospitals whatever maybe some bit you know that would be like I like to be a plumber that will clear anyone's toilet really anyways Okay so that was awesome I'll take that and so we wanted to also give the opportunity to talk about to assess this session and give and start and do a list of plus and deltas plus is you know like what worked, what was great delta that moving forward what can change in terms of having a session like this again you know if we do have a session like this again at OSF then what kind of changes could we make to improve this One thing is I think to make sure to track the conversation so you don't have to start from square one every time you know because I think there was a lot of great ideas a lot of positive action steps and to put it on I don't know Katta's website so that it can just be tracked in some way Oh yeah so we will have a report that will go out to everyone that's why I collected emails so we will take this we can make it a Google Doc so that everyone can look at it and then maybe put a link up on the Katta website to be like these are the actions that we are taking you know to keep connected who else and if we can just pass around the microphone to anyone else I think what worked well for me was the option to have four different types of conversations and to have an extended amount of time to talk so that was nice but I think for the future I would love to just go to a work group meeting so we're not starting from scratch again but we you know maybe one of the workshops is yeah let's work on succession planning and or we you know whatever so anyway within our group we talked a lot about how can we stop talking but actually start working there seems to be a lot to talk about infrastructural issues I'm congregating every two to three years I don't know I mean I don't think that is a strategic company a constituent organization can Katta expand somehow perhaps engaging in a group of academics or people who are jobs who can volunteer time to you know policy making I've been a policy maker it doesn't come out of thin air it comes out of being costed it comes out of you know and certainly TCG is a very well funded I believe or you know organization so I think that of course there's these meetings in between but there's strategic thinking these think tanks you know the mainstream may have a lot of money invested into think tanks and into infrastructure support so can Katta evolve to be more TCG like in its function actually the one thing that I say I don't know if you guys I won't go through the whole thing but in TCG's current strategic plan we are focused on equity diversity and inclusion one of the two points main points in our strategic plan currently and part of the six point plan I won't go into all of it is around nurturing supporting theaters of color specifically and we got a grant from EMC arts to start focus groups around that and so this is something that I don't know what it's gonna look like I don't know what is gonna be the end game I think it's going to be the process that we're going through but it is something we're deeply committed to wonderful anyone else oh I would and for this session I would love to somehow integrating an opportunity where the participants get to create a genre of question like a topic I should say oh that's great thank you okay so if we we can all do this while we're sitting but if we can have both feet on the ground and thank you all so much for participating in this I've found it really helpful and I've truly appreciated everyone's input and participation in this and being open to this format and so thank you all if we can all take a deep breath in and out let's keep this going okay we'll keep the work going we'll stay connected we'll have a report for you guys we'll have next steps, we'll have assignments we'll have working meetings, we'll have a lot of stuff so so thank you all yay


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Hey folks, we are answering frequently asked questions from the Okta Customer Identity Cloud community, and today, we are going to discuss the reasons why a redirect after a password change might not be working. Let's get started. There are a few different ways to handle the redirect after a password reset, and it will depend on whether you are using the new Universal login, or the classic Universal login, as well as if the password reset flow occurs through an email link, or through a change password ticket created with the Management API. The first path we will cover is with the new Universal login. If a user goes through the Forgot Password link, the redirect will be to the application login URI configured for the application they were attempting to log into. If no application login URI is configured, they will be redirected to the tenant login URI. If that is not configured as well, the user will not be redirected anywhere, and we just need to close the tab. The next path we will cover for the new Universal login is if you are using the DB Connections Change Password endpoint of the authentication API. This endpoint accepts an optional Client ID parameter. If this is used, the behavior will be the same as if the user clicked on the Forgot Password link where they will be redirected to the application login URI for that client ID. If that is not configured, then to the tenant log in URI, if that is configured. The next path for the new Universal login that we will cover is if a password reset ticket is generated with the API v2 tickets, password change endpoint of the Management API. This endpoint accepts a client ID parameter, which if used will follow the same pattern as before with the redirect to that client's application login URI, or to the tenant login URI. If the client ID is omitted, the user will have a button that will redirect them to the tenant login URI, and if that is not configured, they will just see a screen that says the password has been changed, and they will just need to close the tab. Now we will cover the classic Universal login. If a user goes through the Forgot Password link, the redirect location will be determined by the redirect to field in the password change email template. If a password reset ticket is generated with the tickets, password change endpoint of the Management API, this endpoint accepts a result URL parameter, which can be used to redirect the user after they reset their password in the classic Universal login. Note that the client ID parameter will not apply if you are using the classic Universal login and that only the result URL parameter will determine the redirect for the user. Today, we looked at the reasons why a redirect after a password change might not be working. If you found this video helpful, please like and subscribe to us on YouTube and join us for more content on community.auth0.com.


This is stock number 864A. We are here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. You're new and used heavy-duty truck headquarters. Today we are checking out this super clean 2007 Chevy Silverado 3500 extended cab long-box dual rear wheel. This is the new body style for 2007 and from this HD video you will be able to tell that this truck is extremely clean all the way around No dents or dings on that front bumper tow hooks are in nice condition as factory fog lights Headlight lenses are nice and clear Bracestone metallic is the color we shoot all of our videos in 1080p So if you have HD capabilities on your computer tablet or smartphone device Turn them on now because it's like you're right here looking at the truck with me comes with the steel rims on the front We have nexon rhodian tires that are brand-new. These are LT215 85R16 Framing underbodies in really nice condition. This truck's been exceptionally well taken care of I didn't see any dents or dings on that front fender The hood is in really nice condition as well I didn't see any dents or dings on that This passenger side tire is brand new as well and that rim is in the same condition as the driver side as We go down this side of the truck. You can see just how clean the body is how reflective and mirror like that paint is We take these HD videos So if you are far away or even if you're close by and just cannot make the trip down You can still see the truck here the truck and of confidence in the vehicle that you're looking at before you even get here It has a century color match truck cap That's in really nice condition. I didn't see any dents or dings on the tub of this dually On the back we have general and mirror track tires with right around half the tread left Maybe even just a little bit more. You can see how nice that frame and underbody is on this truck You can see those box rails are in really nice condition You ever want to find out how bad of corrosion a vehicle has been in always look at the box rails That'll tell you right away and these are in excellent shape. So it tells me that this truck was Driven very little into in the winter if at all Frame and underbody you can see the rockers all look really good on this truck Some nice Raptor step bars and the frame and underbody like I said really nice condition It has all the remaining factory exhaust Very clean underneath And it's like that all the way underneath as we come around to the back of the truck You can see the rear bumper is in nice shape. No dents or dings on that has a full towing package Which includes a receiver hit chance seven pin wiring the tailgate is an exceptionally clean condition as well Does have the locking tailgate? 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We have auto headlamps on here as well power windows power locks and power mirrors As we check out the back seats, they are just as clean as the front seats No rips or tears back here has a latch child safety system rear window defrost These back windows do roll down and This door opens up almost all the way Which is a really neat deal Easy loading into the back of the vehicle and then it just closes like so As we hop inside the truck here Amazingly this truck has 135,124 miles instrument cluster is nice and clean the steering wheels in pretty nice condition No major rips or tears on it You get audio controls on the right cruise controls on the left This one has the six-speed automatic Allison transmission CD player AM FM and Sirius XM radio capabilities Turned out four-wheel drive and it does have an aftermarket electric brake controller You can see just how clean that carpeting is no rips or tears on that Passenger seat is in very nice condition as well. 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Hey Darren, following up on something that you said earlier about your deception, I'm not sure if you're aware of David Cohn used to throw a Laredo, a slider and when he dropped down, Todd Zeale once said to him he was so baffled by the pitch that he thought it went between his legs before it went into the strike saw. So with your deception and the different look that you give, I'm wondering what's the most interesting humorous puzzling thing a hitter has ever said to you about trying to face you? Boy, first day in New York, 2012 playoffs, Alex Rodriguez told the New York media he couldn't see the ball when I was pitching to him and I remember reading that and thinking, man, like I'm doing something right. If this guy, you know, he's one of the great hitters, he can't see it and he's admitting that to the media. That was pretty cool to hear. I've had guys, you know, first baseman in the league tend to be the most popular guys in the field because they get to talk to the other team a lot. I've had more than a handful of guys come to my first baseman, somehow they get on first base and they say, man, when O'Day's pitching, I can't see the ball. So that's always good when I hear that. I know I have the upper hand on that guy. I've hit a few left-handed batters on swings, one of which is good thing he was wearing a cup.


Hey Virgo, welcome back to the channel. This is Kelly from House of Virgo. If you're new, please do smash that like subscribe button if you enjoy the videos and the readings. Yeah, so this is a Virgo channel, Virgo Sun, Moon, Rising, or Venus. As always, some of the messages may or may not resonate, take what fits, leave the rest, and personal reading link is below the video in the description box. Okay. So guys, I hope you all had a great weekend and going into this new year, let's see. This is going to be your singles reading. So let's see what energies we can pick up if there's new love coming in or what you need to do for yourself as a single person, starting off the new year, right? So let's get into it. Let's take a look and see what energies are playing out to start here for you guys. Also, don't forget you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, all that good stuff, okay? So let's take a look. Virgo. Hey everybody in the chat. Hope you guys are good. All right, let's see what energies. Karmic relationship. Okay, I feel like this just came out not that long ago. Fleeting triggers, turmoil, resentment, losses, no lessons. Letting go and loving yourself. So Virgo, as far as the karmic goes, this is maybe a realization for some of you that what you were in was a karmic situation, ship or relationship with someone. It looks like you guys have let go or you're letting go throughout the month of January. You're making big changes in your life at this time. Look at that. You've got both receiving what you need, progression, arriving, moving on, having some closure issues. Perhaps it's difficult. Maybe there was no closure from a relationship that ended. This could also be another person who is letting go by not having closure. Okay, let's see what else is going on here. Closure is an interesting thing. Sometimes situation evolves and there is no closure and it has to be given to self. Okay, you also have the chaser. Oh, there's two cards here. Chaser and a codependent relationship, fear of abandonment and not today, not dealing with the hurt, avoiding a conversation, call person, boundaries, still angry.  This relationship was karmic. This connection did not work. It was just triggering. There was a lot of turmoil. Lessons learned and I feel like Virgo, this is you now making healthier choices in your life in love and in life, self love, self care are being happier. I feel like you don't want to talk to a karmic. I do. I feel like this person is going to be chasing after you in some way. Like I said, either showing up at your house or somehow trying to get in contact with you through either having a conversation or calling or an in person thing. I feel like you're putting boundaries up to a karmic or will be in the rest of January and you're just, it seems like you're just not dealing with this. Like some of you, it's like choosing yourself at this time, you know, going in through the month and letting go, giving yourself closure. All right, let's see what other information is coming up here. Yeah. So it feels like spirit needs to talk about this here for you. This is the nine of wands. This is a card of boundaries, putting up really, really hard walls, right? Not letting anybody in or not letting this karmic back into your life. Okay. Is this person a bad person? I don't know. I don't know your person, but I know it seems like the relationship in itself was toxic. And sometimes when people get into a karmic relationship, they're just talking about the relationship itself, just it was toxic itself. The way you and another person interacted with one another became toxic. Okay. And it needed to end. It needed, it came to an end. There was something here. Yeah, look, okay, karma or go. This is like an awakening. You are having an awakening. The more you go, the more you avoid, the more you are like, not having a conversation, the more you're putting up your boundaries, that gives you an opportunity to heal. So it looks like in January, you're putting up those boundaries so that you can have this awakening for yourself to, I don't know, maybe just to kind of like do a reset.  And there's no timing on this. You know, and for a lot of you, it's already begun for others. It's happening right now for the rest. It's happening in January. I mean, this change though feels like it will be permanent and irrevocable, irrevocable, irrevocable, irrevocable, like it's like a no going back here. Okay. Okay, for some of you, this is with someone who was very cold, had a lack of emotion. And it's a king of swords in the upright, but it could be for some of you that what you experienced in the karmic with this person was maybe this person was a con artist, or they used bribery. They gave a lot of validation, but it was false validation in order to get something in return. There might have been some type of, you know, it could be abusive. There's corruption. Okay. For others, I mean, this person might have came across to you at one point where they were very intentional, strategic and like, you know, very honest, but it seems to me like this person that king of sorts comes across always to me is like a game player. This is someone who's really strategic. So what are you guys opening up to seeing is that person who somebody really is and getting that clarity yourself as the king of sorts being like very honest with self, being very self sufficient, not leaning on this karmic any longer for your own validation, being very intentional and thoughtful with your, your, your thought, the things you choose to think about. Okay. You're just basically picking a lane here in January. A lot of you might have been really just kind of on the fence. Like, is this a twin flame or is this just a karmic? It's definitely coming across as karmic and maybe you needed to validate that within yourself because you might have been a little confused. But so January shows you really getting clarity about this. Okay. And having a huge, huge, like it's a final decision. Definitely. It's a huge wake up call for you as you move away from the situation or the karmic relationship. Okay. Yeah. Look at you. Ten of pentacles.  This looks lovely for January.  I just see that about you. Some of you, I have to point out that there could have been a Gemini Queries or Libra that you were connecting with.  You're leaving a legacy. You're, you're basically, I don't know really what that means, but I feel like there's something being written in stone here for you. You're right. You know, like you're confirming something here, this realization, it's being confirmed or you're confirming it. And I feel like as time goes by for you, Virgo, that's when things begin to open up for you and you begin to really see something for what it truly was. Okay. And I like that you're giving yourself the opportunity to let the fog clear. Once the dust, the dust settles, like you can't, you know, like if you take a cup of water and you fill it with dirt, stir it around, it's hard. You can't see through it because it becomes murky. But if you just leave it alone and just allow all that dirt to just settle in the bottom, things begin to get clear again. And this is what I feel like is kind of happening for you here. And you're taking that time out. Now, I know not all of you. I know a lot of you are already aware of something that you were connect someone a karmic relation that you had. And whether that was a romantic or platonic, it could be a friendship or a family member. There's this, you know what? Virgo is like, I'm not talking to this person or this group, these groups of people. I'm pulling back. I'm going to just let the dust settle so I can get some clarity and you're getting it. All right. And this person, I know it's a singles reading, but it looks to me like some of you aren't going to be having anybody come in yet because there's clarity that needs to be had first within yourself, okay? Which is fine. Maybe some of you have already gotten the clarity and you've already moved away from that energy and you're just hoping for somebody new. I mean, if it shows up, it shows up. But what seems to be most important is you not rebounding into another relationship and getting yourself back into another karmic relationship or back into this one. Yeah, because I feel like you need that time to process. And when you're kind of in the middle of like trying to come to terms with a relationship or a connection with someone that really kind of was like a bait and switch. Maybe this person was all of a sudden on top of you, like love bombing or being very strategic or like that con artist kind of energy, it might have, and you might have like fallen for the oaky dope with someone. But after a while, that person might have switched, switched on you and then became something else. You know, so I feel like there's a little bit of dissonance, maybe some cognitive dissonance and you're trying to get like your head and your heart and alignment.  So this person is definitely going to be either trying to come see you or sending you maybe Valentine's something or other for Valentine's or just put us to start that early and like January, I feel like there's going to be a lot of communication from this person trying to boom, boom, boom, these like arrows shooting, shooting, targeting you trying to get, you know, keep his arrows trying to get you to understand that there is some love here. There is this person is very passionate about you, but something here, I don't know what happened in this relationship. Like I said, somebody was trying to get their needs met by way of manipulation or making me think that they were all in to having some kind of relationship with you and then possibly turning that around and being like, well, actually now that I got you, I don't really need to put any work in. And so just completely like switched is what I feel. So okay, you walk away or they ended it, you ended it, whatever happened. And this person's trying and it's hard for you Virgo, I feel like you need to keep at some point, if, you know, if you're going to keep the blocks up, I feel like you need to maybe get another restrictive layer up there to protect yourself because there's definitely, okay, these cups, there is a potential new start here. There is a new love happening here. And are you ready for that Virgo? Okay, because I do feel like you have someone here is going to be like, if not physically chasing you physically, you know, sending those texts, those calls, those letters, those emails, those messages. Let me see. Oh, there's your sign. Yeah, you've got somebody listen, Virgo, there is somebody showing up here. This could be another Virgo. Could be a Taurus. Of course, it could also be. Okay, two messages. Hmm. Okay, well, this is a singles reading. There definitely is somebody coming in here, trying to like make us a bona fide offer something real offer you something real. Now for others, this could be the person you were connecting with before, who I don't know if you are like, if you ditch that person before in the past, and they were being manipulative, they're going to come in with something tangible. All right, definitely coming in with some something tangible here that, you know, you could work with.  But, you know, it really just depends on you, Virgo, because I feel like if the relationship can be healed, yeah, it can. And that is what the ace of cups is, you know, and I'm not making concessions for people that are like con artists. I know there are people that don't know how to be direct and communicate their emotions and feelings, and some people will use manipulation in order to get that across what they want, you know. Listen, there's a thing called dark energy, dark psychology, dark energy, the dark triad, you know, people use it all the time, like in business, right, car salesmen, politicians, they all use it. They're all trying to get something, so it's not the greatest way to do it, but it does happen. And that's just life. And I feel like it's really important that you, as a person, try to understand that there is dark energy, the same way as there is white energy, you know, or light energy. People will come in with dark energy. The thing is, it's when dark energy is used in a personal relationship, like romantic or, you know, familial or something along those lines, that's really freaking scary. That is, that's completely different, you know. I don't know why I'm bringing that up, but I feel like somebody here might be that way in other areas of their life, using that dark energy and like sales and whatever else. And then it just kind of bled into their personal life or something turned this relationship into very karmic. I feel like a lot of you are, you know, you love this person, Virgo, to whatever level, okay, on the spectrum of love from one to 10, whatever degree you love someone, but you are like, you've made a decision or you're making a decision in January to let go, because something here is telling me like it wasn't healthy and you're, I don't know that there was just for some reason, it wasn't a workable, there were no workable solutions, okay. So does this person come to a realization, this past person, you know, that they need to stop with the games and the manipulation? Yeah, they could be getting truthful with themselves, but some of you might already be like, no, it's too late, you're moving on to new love and will they try to come in? Yeah, and make a solid offer? Yeah. But then there is a possibility somebody else could be coming in and starting off on the right foot with you, okay. So let me take a look at this new coming in, okay. Oh, Virgo, I don't know if you can hear all that noise, my son and my grandson are outside playing race cars out in the living room, so I hope it's not resonating or reverberating through the audio.  Somebody's coming in here to make a solid offer after betrayal or after, like there's somebody here who's hitting rock bottom, definitely.  So I know there's a percentage of you that are like, yes, this person I do love and I hope that they really like grow the F up, and for others, you're like, no, and that's fine, then end the reading, right? For somebody new coming in, though, I do feel like someone new here, you know, they went through their own struggle, they've gone through healing after betrayal, for sure. So there might be some kind of common ground you and this new person might find yourselves on, okay. Yeah, page of cups. Virgo, I just feel the need to tell you that like, this is double energies here, okay. I want to take a look at where you are, though, because we did see that you were getting yourself stable is Virgo, all right, for the Virgos who want this healing for this past situation, I'm going to address that. Okay, yeah, I do feel like for those of you who want this healing past situation, I do feel like you're you would be willing to talk if somebody was coming in with that bloody song, okay, you will be. I mean, there's a strong physical attraction to this person, this karmic, okay. But I feel like for you, it's more along the lines with, you know, we can talk, but I need to see truth, like, and it's got to be something pretty profound for you. They can't be just coming in with this night of wands, page of wands, I just want to talk and and flirt and all this stuff. And then just can we hook up and then that kind of thing, it's got to be more than that because you're you like, you're looking for the full Monty here, like full commitment. This is total commitment. This is like the finale completion. You don't want just one pinnacle, you want 10 of them, you want like this consistent show me, show me, show me, show me. Don't tell me show me, right? So you would be willing to talk to this person if they've changed, if they are able to, if they've had a spiritual awakening. And I really feel like that's what this is all about, because that hangman is like this, if this person is able to actually see their side of the story, you know, Virgo, you have yours. That's not doubt that, right? Everybody has their, everybody, you know, it was karmic. So there might have been karmic. You both birthed this karmic baby in this relationship.  The only way for that to end is for it to end and there to be healing. So I do feel like you would be willing to talk to this person if they really came in with like a, not a spiritual experience, like a full blown awakening, like a completely, this would have to be like such a major epiphany for this person. And Virgo, that is the exception to the rule. Okay. Because there are people, you know, they could be in like 10 car accidents, almost be on the brink of death and they still don't learn their lessons. And then there are those that, they almost, you know, they almost got hit by a piano falling from the sky and they had their whole life changes, you know, and I feel like that's what you're looking for. You're willing to talk with the past person and heal a karmic relationship if there's change, Pisces energy there, Scorpio energy here with the major Akanas. Okay. Other than that Virgo, I don't see you accepting anything else from this person. And that's just it point blank period. So you've got somebody new here who's been through a similar situation. Okay. As far as betrayal goes back stabbing. And I feel like whoever this new person is, there will be some sweet messages or sweet texts or sweet calls or they're sweet on you. And I do feel like this person has also come to this place with a ton of swords where it's like they are so done of fake relationships. They are so done with people who are wishy washy. They've had their full share of that in their life and they just don't want that anymore. So they need that, you know, or something ended, they might have, they might be a widow or something ended. They have a child possibly or they may not have any children, but they have this. There's a connection also I'm just seeing to a little girl or a little boy with long hair. Okay. So yeah, I do feel like you will meet someone in January who's like the real deal for you. Okay. And it has very similar energy as yours. You know, I like I was saying kind of wands. This person is like completely, they're burned out. They're like, I just want to meet someone and we're on the same page. And this person wants the same thing. And Virgo wants the same thing. I want Virgo wants to, you know, start to cultivate a healthy, loving relationship. And yeah, it's, it's here. It's here, Virgo. I don't really feel like it's all that deep. Virgo, I feel like for you, you know, if you spend so much time trying to figure out, you know, if somebody's been treating you badly, okay, and then you spend all your time trying to figure out why and trying to fix the relationship, it doesn't matter why if the other person isn't willing to figure out why also and try to fix the relationship in tandem with you. Okay. If it's that situation, they're not trying to, you know, participate and reciprocate and trying to heal the relationship, then stop worrying about the why. Just look at the what, what happened and what you need to do moving forward. That's it. It only matters if both of you are sitting face to face and you're trying to resolve the issues in the relationship and you're both willing to work it out together to solve it, why this happened, why that happened. Okay.  So I do see a lot of you are just, it's like, it is what it is. If this person, you know, the past person isn't willing to take a look at themselves with that hangman and make changes where they currently are whatever their situation is, whether they're stuck in something, if they can't get that inner wisdom or get a different perspective or even make a sacrifice to try to change this relationship for the better along with you, it's no, it's, it's, it's done. It's completely done and that's all you need to worry about. Okay. So yeah, you've definitely got some new love coming in here. Look at that. You've got the ace of swords now. So wow, this is a victory situation. This is like truth. I feel like there's going to be an initiation of truth. You will know this person by, I want to say how crystal clear they are about their intentions with you. You won't be left with that feeling of this is either too good to be true or this person, you know, there's bad vibes. Okay. No, the crystal clear intentions that will come from this person, you will be able to feel that energy from them. Okay. So let me see if we can try and figure out the core card, perhaps try and figure out who this person might be. Oh, look, okay. So clean and pentacles. So again, Virgo, it's like I said, for some of you, it's a Capricorn new, new, new, not your past Capricorn or it's a Virgo or a Taurus. It's someone else like minded, very similar to you, male or female, masculine, feminine energy. So it looks really positive. It looks really good. This person is like, expects the same things that you expect from a relationship. Okay. The queen of pedicles and this is just a little description about yourself, you know, self sufficient person, very honest type of person, someone who is resourceful, domesticated in a lot of ways. Okay. Solid, grounded, practical, a good leader, someone who is wise with their investments, not frivolous kind of person. Okay. Virgo, I don't feel like you're, you're looking for a match to yourself. I don't feel like you're looking like you're done with greedy people. People who are jealous, anyone who's financially, you know, dependent on you when they could easily be financially independent. You're not looking for someone who's jealous or just comes in with that lack of follow through. And I feel like this person will see you in them. Okay. So for once, good structure, good foundation, very stable type of situation, a person who makes plans and has that follow through. Okay. I do feel you may connect with this person at some kind of celebration or family event in January or some kind of a reunion or maybe a wedding or a party of some sort that you could be attending or an event of some sort in January. Okay. So this looks really positive. Okay. We have five of wands. There's a competition. It could be at a sports game. I don't know what sports game is outside in the cold. Well, where, where I am, it's cold, but yeah, it could be at some kind of competition. You might connect with this person as well or a sport game of some sort. Or I mean, you could be involved in some kind of physical activity where there's a competition. It could be as simple as like just going out at night and I don't know, bowling or shooting pool or I don't know. These are the things that are coming to me where there's like a team could be a team sport of some sort. I feel like you may connect with this person. And there's like this little conversation that happens, but it's clear. Okay. All right. We've got a Leo here also. Okay. Yeah. There's something to do with the sport and strength. Something to do with, hmm, competition. Okay. They're just telling me, oh, like a, okay, bodybuilding competition. You know, with me, it's always some kind of like physical fitness thing, but the way the strength card is coming out here, in alignment with this 501s, I feel like as far as meeting this person, it's something to do with power, power and strength. Okay. Power, strength, competition. Okay. That's interesting. Three aces in this new start in this new beginning with someone. I mean, ace of swords, ace of cups, ace of wands. This is beautiful. Honestly, like there's definitely, well, that the physical attraction, this person, very strong physical attraction to you. Okay. And just remember, for some of you, this could be this past person, but it doesn't matter. Okay. How they're coming in because like I said, you got to have like, I need to see that spiritual awakening you have. Like I need to see the clip.    Like I don't know where that's coming from, but I feel like for you, like you, you got to, even if you see it, let's see old saying, believe half of what you see and none of what you hear. There we go. Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear. What you see question that, definitely question that. So a lot of half truthers out there in the world. Okay. So the lovers. All right. So you and this brand new person are definitely going to come together in January at least or February, February, Valentine's Day. There's definitely an energy here of like both of you making the decision to be together, which is beautiful. Okay. Could it be the new person? Could they come in with this, the old person? Could they be coming in with this huge spiritual like epiphany or something that actually happened to them and it like actually changed them? Absolutely. Absolutely. They could be, you know, it could be both, but you have to like at the end of the day, Virgo, be in your discernment. Trust yourself, trust your intuition, trust what messages that you're getting, trust the vibes, trust the process, but most importantly, trust God, trust yourself. Okay, Virgo, whether it's the old coming back as well as the new or it's just the old or you're done with the old, that decision is there no matter what that person is coming in with and somebody new, a new opportunity and a new chance to connect with this new person is beautiful. Very, very, very beautiful. All right. Let me take a look here and see what other message there is for you, Virgo, for yourself. What does Virgo need to know? I hope I'm not chipmunking tonight, you guys. See, I know a lot of people like, it doesn't even sound like you. And as I said before, I speed the video up a little bit so it does make my voice sound like I'm a little more like Alvin and the chipmunky. But if you don't like that, you can just slow down the video. You know, you can do that, you guys on YouTube. You just go up to your settings and then it says playback speed and then you can adjust your playback speed.  It's up to you. So let me see. Another message here for Virgo. What is another message here for Virgo? Does Virgo need to know? Wow, you have the four ones again. Okay, Virgo, I feel like you are. So one of the questions usually in my singles readings, and I haven't asked them in the past couple of a few singles readings, but the question is how does Virgo know if they're ready for a new relationship? Yes, here, because you're willing to build, you're willing to be successful. It's just a matter of that you're willing. That's really it. You know, like you need those three things, motivation, capability and willingness, and you're willing. That's how you know that you're ready for a new relationship. Okay. If you weren't willing before or you didn't feel motivated or even capable before, that's because maybe either you were still healing or you're hurt or you have some trust problems, and it's really hard for you to get back out there. But you'll know this time because if you're willingness, Virgo, you're strong and I know that you don't give up. Okay. And you will search to the ends of the earth to find your perfect lover. You will. Perfect for you. Not a perfect person, but perfect for you. All right. Let me see. All right. We answered how you'll meet each other. Let me just ask what the characteristics of this potential new relationship will be like. Wow. Okay. King of cups. Emotional intelligence. So someone that has a high emotional IQ. The characteristics is that there will be maturity, compassion, calmness, a caring support of energy, tolerance, affection. There will be charm, devotion, both being family oriented and a lot of generosity, the dynamic, the characteristics and the dynamics. So very beautiful. A very beautiful start with someone here. We have Pisces. We have Aries, Cancer, Scorpio. Let me see here. Potential or possible outcome of this new relationship for Virgo Singles. Oh, wow. Look at that. The magician. Amazing. Turning visions into reality. So whatever it is that you're envisioning or you have on your vision board or that you want to manifest in your life with someone, whatever that is for you, the opportunity to do that is here. Okay. The opportunity to manifest what you desire in a relationship with another person and them with you is that you'll be able to do it. Okay. And so what I feel like the outcome like, I mean, that's even better than just the finale. This is the journey. This is the start of a beautiful journey with someone here.  At the end of the day, it's all up to you. I do feel like a past person is having a little bit of a epiphany wake up call that they were someone who was just kind of maybe playing some games or just someone who was in and out of your life. They might not even realized it, maybe because you were letting them. But it looked like this person is waking up to the fact that, I mean, there's definitely an attraction, a crush kind of thing. But this is very immature energy. And I feel like somebody here is kind of like, you know, realizing that when they reached out to you, they were reaching out to you so they could come in with this lusty spirited energy and then be gone in a flash. Okay. And I feel like this person is realizing that wasn't like that served no purpose for them really in the long run, because I feel like this person is kind of on their own. They might have other people around them or others that they talk to and still doing that same thing, but it's kind of like the same old thing over and over. And they are just creating karmic relationships with people with others. And Virgo's like, well, it's not going to be with me anymore. So good luck. Yeah. All right, let me get some Chinese signs, see what the messages here are for the Chinese signs. Who is this? Who is the new person? They said, okay, they could be a year of the horse, a year of the tiger, year of the snake, a year of the ox, year of the rat, year of the dog, year of the pig, I'm going to get a rat again and a year of the monkey. Wow. Okay. All right. So let's go on to more messages for you, Virgo. What else do you need to know as a single person for January? What else does Virgo need to know? Well, okay, I don't usually pull these cards, but I grabbed them by accident and it looks like Spirit wants you to have some of these messages. So I'm going to try to keep it PG. These cards are not exactly PG. So if it's bad, I won't say it. I'll just hold it up and you can look at it. But if you're only in listening mode, you won't see it. So okay. Okay, I'm not saying that, but I will show you. All right, Virgo. Do you see it? You see it? Okay. That's one message. Okay. Happy Sunday. You know, Jesus Christ in this channel right now. I'm not saying this one. So if you see it, you see it. Okay. All right. I'm going to do two more and then be done with this deck, but I guess there's something here, a little kinky that you need to know. Okay. I'm not saying these cards. Nope. Nope. Nope. I'm respecting my sponsors. Okay. One more. Okay. What will it take for you to S-L-E-E-P with me? Not much if you're boring. Okay. And I'm not saying that. I feel like maybe one of you are like, not if we're just going to, I don't know. Some of you are just like, no, that's fine. Let's just lay down and have a sleepcation, a sleep vacation. Let's just get together and let's just sleep. Let's just have a good meal and then just put the TV on and just relax and fall asleep together. Sure. Why not? All right. Let me get some love messages for you, Virgos. I should go over to Rumble because I could do that whole deck on Rumble and there's no issue at all. I don't know any other platform. If you know of any other platform where I could put those cards out that I just showed you. Those triple X cards and not have a problem. Definitely let me know. I know Rumble's not exactly the place. All right. Let me see. I mean, it's, I think it's like really political, isn't it? I don't know. All right. Roman singles messages for you, Virgos. Okay. Religious factors. Wow. Okay. Jesus like, no, I'm here. I'm here. Chill out with those cards. Your love life is influenced by your religious upbringing, the spiritual path. Listen, Virgo, I have a need to tell you that whoever the past person, you guys had very different religious beliefs, perhaps. Okay. Or one was religious or spiritual and the other was maybe like non spiritual. Okay. Definitely a blockage of some sort had a lot to do with why a relationship from the past turned karmic, turned unhealthy. You could have been, Virgo, they're just saying, you could have been a karmic for your past person. They might have done wrong to someone before you.  And I don't know if you were intentionally trying to show somebody what's up. I'm sure you did love this person, but I think that they got their karma through you for treating another person bad or other people. Yeah. Lesson learned might be for them. And I think it might be. I do. But I think somewhere along the line, this person like fell for you and I don't know that they intended to. Okay. That's just a very strange message here. Okay. You've also got playfulness to recapture romance, allow your inner youthful spirit of fun to shine. Virgo, this is a really strong message for you.  You know, you have that inner youth thing going on with you.  I really feel like if you and another person can laugh, like, don't be too serious.   You do.  And they are like very serious and like acting like they're better than you get the f away from that person because they have a serious problem. They have a very serious problem. They're too serious. You got to get away because they'll never get your jokes. They'll never be, the relationship will not be fun. It will all be like, I don't know, it feels like harsh judgment, harsh judgment. Okay. And getting to know each other as you reveal your innermost selves to each other, a bond deep in. So this is about transparency. You know, you don't have to give away the kit and caboodle. You don't have to tell somebody your entire life story. Like don't vomit everything out one meeting. Get it to know each other bit by bit. I feel like that's really crucial and really important for you. Okay. I want to get some messages of love for you going forward. What are the messages of love for Virgo? Okay. Put away the computer. Virgo. Working less will help strengthen a relationship. Get out and do things together. When you connect with this person, talk about the things that you like to do. Okay. Even if you do like to be on the computer, you know, even if this relationship begins on a computer. Okay.  In the real world, right? See each other. That like the physical is what strengthens a relationship for those of you who have a long distance or come across having a long distance relationship. We meet someone who's from afar, which could be a blockage. You know what? Make plans to connect with that person or make sure that person is making plans to connect with you in real time in real life. You know, if that involves travel or whatever, you don't want to get yourself like connected onto a relationship where it's built on the computer only. It's really important. You have to have that physical.   There's so much missing. Okay. Healing, old wounds and childhood issues need revisiting. Okay. But only to be healed, not to linger, not to dwell, and not to be kind of victimized or revictimized yourself. If you're going to go back and open up those old wounds or those childhood issues, you know, do it for the purpose of healing them. Okay. This is not to open up healed wounds. This is not to go back there and pick away and just make sure. No, right? If you have any old wounds that have scarred over, that have never fully healed, yeah, this is about revisiting. But visit does not mean revisit permanently. It does not mean we're like going to pitch a tent there and hang out for the whole year. No, we're going to revisit them and then we're going to forgive and we're going to forget and we're going to heal and that's how we heal. We forgive and then, well, not to forget, but we heal and we don't let it dictate to us anymore and we change things. That's the healing. Okay. And marriage, there's a relationship moving toward a sacred union. So very beautiful. Listen, Virgo, things are going to work out for you, but it's up to you to get yourself in a position of knowing when to put your boundaries up and knowing when to just say no to certain relationships or people. If they're not coming in like ready to make that sacrifice for the relationship, not to serve you, but for to serve the relationship, then it's time to move on and open yourself for someone new, because I do see that here for you. All right, you guys, I'm going to end your reading and I will see you all tomorrow. Take care.