went to a funeral

September 29, 2008

hung out in a bar with a lot of clowns, got purified in a trial by herbs, met Dzieci Theater group.  but nobody sent me the memo about bringing the sad umbrellas – I brought my happy umbrella. but I did wear my funeral hat and pants.  but I spilled on my stripey shirt on [...]

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Veni Vidi Vici

August 19, 2008

New York Theatre.com’s review of Deborah Kaufmann’s one-woman show reads:   “An exploration of human instincts at so basic a level that thought can be put aside and impulse thoroughly enjoyed . . . this performance gleams most brightly, with true mischief . . . unfettered at maximum strength” It was exactly what I wanted to see [...]

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Notes on the Grail Project

August 19, 2008

I cannot find any bamboo felt, but there seems to be bamboo fleece which is super duper pile.   Information about it, and the sun painting technique is at Dharma Trading Co.

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Mystery Solved

August 2, 2008

I am sitting here working on my taupe ombre taupe handkerchief drape top made out of georgette, and started to develop a banging headache.  Then I realized that I had forgotten to eat for about 12 hours.  I recut this design three times, and then I had several stitch ripping sessions as I neglected to [...]

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Scatterlings of Africa

August 1, 2008

I am an African about 2000 generations removed … The Journey of Man  by Spencer Wells The Journey of Mankind – Peopling the World nn National Geographic Channel web site Wikipedia - article  mmm

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Transformative Studies

July 29, 2008

money required.  but sounds very interesting and fulfilling. CIIS – California Institute of Integral Studies http://www.ciis.edu/academics/tsd_curric.html PhD or PsyD – “The Transformative Studies program is offered in an online format. Students work in the online environment of the CIIS virtual classroom. During the 2 years of course work, the students meet twice a year in [...]

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Homage to Pinky

July 20, 2008

He was a very strange cat, at least to me.  However, my TacaCat was a very strange cat to others, too.  Pinky was  a huge unattractive orange soccer ball of fur with a cat head.  He would literally eat until he threw up.  Dietary self regulation was not in his repertoire.  Can you blame him, [...]

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when is a film like an onion?

July 5, 2008

when you can keep peeling through the layers and there is more there.  and perhaps you cry a bit at the end.  Somewhat of a surprise was the film “Hancock” starring Will Smith.  Its storyline was indeed like an onion, the layers kept peeling away, surprising with more than just plot twists.  I have to [...]

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Intimacy, Community, and the Milonga

June 19, 2008

It is a mark of the experience of the leader of our workshop that by the end of the second day, our group has developed a level of “community comfort” that is unusual unless the moderator/leader actively strives to develop the types of bonds (or conflicts) that they consider conducive to the work.  In our [...]

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Second Day at Dell’Arte Mask Workshop

June 18, 2008

Beginning with community rite – hold hands and step into circle Exercise – pushing at a low level instead of standing up Throwing the Ball – and Oompah/Vortex ball exercise A variation of the Wooosh game only using clapping as base action Then instead of moving into mask performance as we did yesterday, we went [...]

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