Month: March 2010
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“Art by Actors”… World Theatre Day continues…
Years ago I found a book called “Actors as Artists” by Jim McMullan & Dick Gautier, and gave it to my father who’s a painter. Filled with well-known actors who also paint, I thought the gift appropriate coming from his “actor-daughter”. The book revealed exciting artistic layers of those actors. A similar opportunity presents itself…
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World Theatre Day…and more!
Today marks World Theatre Day, and it also marks exactly one year since I started this blog. Despite being here a year, I still feel like a newbie who desires to write more frequently, and explore more (hopefully that feeling will last forever). In the meantime, I would like to wish you all a very…
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Moving Beyond Obstacles… thank you Paralympians & Olympians…
Wheelchairs, crutches, no arms, limping bodies, eyes not seeing, distortions, hidden prosthetics, and steady smiling faces that showed light, determination, and an aching to live to the utmost. That’s what I saw when the Paralympic Athletes, yes with a capital A, paraded before the Vancouver audience at the Opening Ceremonies. I wasn’t there, but instead…
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The 2010 Vancouver Olympics inspired an unexpected feeling…
The Olympics are over, and there is a quieter feeling in Vancouver. The red hockey shirts, hats, mitts, scarves, weird hats, costumes, shoes, maple leaves, and flags have retired to closets. The spontaneous “woohoos!” have abated. And, I admit, I miss those crazy connections with strangers, and the upbeat energy. Something emotional and spirited took…
