“Art, like life, is understood through experience, not explanations. As theatre artists, we cannot create an experience for an audience; rather, our job is to set up the circumstances in which an experience might occur.”Anne Bogart, “A Director Prepares” Told ya there’d be more of this.
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The Art of Making Art
“I want an artistic explosion. Our present high-technology lifestyle demands a theatre experience that cannot be satisfied by video and movie screens. I want acting that is poetic and personal, intimate and colossal. I want to encourage the kind of humanity on the stage that demands attention and expresses who we are and suggests thatContinueContinue reading “The Art of Making Art”
OutSides and InSides
You know you’re directing a show when you are excited to get back into the office so you can abuse the printer/scanner. Audition cuts (aka sides) level complete! Now we just need actors to show up and read them. Zoom fraking zoom. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
Where the Shadow People Go
Still prefer this kind of selfie to the alternatives. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise
The face you make when your royal subject finally decides to get back to normal routines around here. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
Revenge of the Guitars
Shot on Pixel 6 Pro at Berkley Coffee.
Say Hi, Cacti!
I love how it looks like they’re waving hello to you. Except that last one, who appears to be making the moves on the girl in yellow. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
Riding the Water, Riding the Waves
Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and greyNowhere in the suburbsIn the cold light of dayThere in the midst of it so alive and aloneWords support like boneDreaming of mercy streetWear your inside outDreaming of mercyIn your daddy(‘s arms againDreaming of mercy street‘swear they moved that signDreaming of mercyIn your daddy’s armsPeter Gabriel, “MercyContinueContinue reading “Riding the Water, Riding the Waves”
We’re All Mad Here
“I am not crazy; my reality is just different from yours.”Lewis Carroll, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” – the Cheshire Cat Excellent welcoming committee here in Arizona, thanks to this crazy cat. We could all learn a few things from her, I think. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro.
Seeing Sien
My latest venture to the DIA brought me to this piece, “Sorrow”, which model was Van Gogh’s so-called girlfriend, Sien Hoornik, who lived with him in Hague along with her son (who wasn’t Van Gogh’s, for the record). Some reports state that Vincent was near-obsessively generous to her, buying her cigars and other fineries andContinueContinue reading “Seeing Sien”
Muttering Retreats 