Sunday, January 27, 2013

Art Via Negativa


Hi all,

It is icy in Iowa today, and with the shiny stuff on the ground, I have found myself more reflective than usual….

It’s also be a rather lazy day for me, and as it’s gotten rather late I’m beginning to lament my lack of creative action today.

You see, I am struggling to live a creative life. I have multiple avenues and opportunities in my home to be so, and yet it is difficult for me to make it happen.

I’ve tried it all, having schedule, giving myself rewards, changing the way I think of myself, using others to hold me responsible.  

Nothing has worked.

Schedules get too often disrupted. Rewards quickly escalate to hedonism and laziness, becoming someone else is difficult to maintain. Using others to sustain oneself only leads to bad, bad things.

But there’s hope. What it I convince myself that I must create EVERY DAY, no matter how little, to not feel gross about life in general….. It’s a strategy that works well with brushing my teeth… and eating…

It’s worth a shot!

With that, I have a script about Joey Grimaldi to write…

Waffles!

Friday, January 18, 2013

A Week Making Wonder


So,

Last summer I spent a month in Europe with Zed and a pair of stilts.

For one week, she and I wandered the Danish countryside high on life. A theatre known as Odin housed us and other stilt-type acrobats while we schemed and dreamed on ways to light up the faces of thirty-thousand scouts.

In the end, ninja costumes were donned, hills were climbed, and wonder etched itself over many a visage of young and old alike.

Meanwhile, the wonderful people at Odin delighted us with tales of their past and skills of their craft – and holy bagota, friends, were they skilled! The Odin theatre is an organization that inspires me, every time I encounter it, be it on YouTube, video or in real life. It makes me wish I had half the discipline they did, and then my pretties, oh what a magical time I’d have in this house!

See, Odin people train constantly, sharpening their skills EVERY DAY, be it dance skills, music skills, or vocal skills. It’s enough to make me want to start a regiment…

Now, friends and fellows, you may have noticed that I mentioned a month in Europe, and have only spoken of a week at Odin. Do not worry! The rest of our European adventure awaits!

Soon, Loves, Soon.

Waffles!

PS. Some Odin videos:

Trailer for their newest work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2JmK5vLvs0
Live performance, I was riveted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjQdD5xUM_8