KELLY MEYERSFIELD
dialogue with treehouse artists
Who are you and what made you that?
I’m Kelly. I’m an actress, a writer, a comedian, I’m a lot of things.
Can I say all the things that I am?
A funny songwriter… and… a lover.
I grew up in a very arts-oriented and funny household. My dad’s really funny. My mom is subtly funny. My brother is a major goofball. I learned a lot of my funny from him. He’d run into my room in different characters to cheer or crack me up. Everyone in my family loves to sing. My dad is a writer and musician.
It is in my blood.
What have you been working on recently?
I’m always writing new stuff. It’s one of my favorite forms of therapy in life- is to write about whatever I am going through. So, I have a bunch of pieces that I will eventually put together into some sort of show. I just shot a commercial.
What self-resistance do you run into as an artist?
I would say the toughest thing is the balance of being a mom, making the art that I want to make and still making a living- doing it all at once. It’s pursuing all your dreams when life presents you with all these interesting barriers; trying to be human and superhuman at the same time.
Why do you perform? What is the point?
I perform because it gives me a sense of freedom and relief and joy. And that is what I want to bring to other people. I do a lot of performing of my own original content- the things I create are very personal and I want people to see it, laugh and for it to reflect their idiosyncrasies and quirks. I want to bring relief to people and let them know they’re not alone.
There are so many fucking weirdos in this world and I am one of them and you are not alone.
I love making people laugh more than anything.
I love giving a part of myself and my own history to uplift people.
I think art’s role in society is twofold. You want to give people an escape from the drudgery and the difficulties and the pain of life but you also want to help people to confront it.
What role does art have in society?
I think art’s role in society is twofold. You want to give people an escape from the drudgery and the difficulties and the pain of life but you also want to help people to confront it.
I think that art does both of those things.
You want people to confront life in order to change it, give people hope, and help people move closer to their own dreams. Maybe even give them a different view to take some of the heaviness of life away.
Advice to your younger self.
I wish I could tell myself about the things that were going to happen. Some of the adversity and some of the people who weren’t going to like what I create- to not let that be a stop and rather to just be brave and confident.
It’s so funny because I feel the same advice still applies now.
Trust in what you have, what you create and you are not going to be able to please everybody. People will be offended by you. They may not like what you have to offer because of their own viewpoints or lack of experience. You just have to acknowledge and keep pushing.
My purpose is a good one and a pure one. If someone can’t see that, that shouldn’t stop me.
I’m still such a work in progress and I still need more of that advice- that I’m giving to younger self.
I need to be reminded of these things.
Passionate about any recent release?
My “Infertility Christmas Medley”. I will definitely develop something from that. It’s a single piece about a bigger project that will be all about… midlife… madness.