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On Space and Time
March 12th, 2010 Uncategorized
Marking off space in theater is a device for meeting the need to distinguish the watcher from the watched. In most traditions there is a circle or a stage or sanctuary or a playing field.
Plot measures time better than a clock does, but what could measure space? This is a hard question, because theater space seems to be much more elastic than theater time, and nothing serves the function of plot to give space a structure that is comparable to the beginning, middle and end of the time in theater.
From here
Beautiful Bodies
December 28th, 2009 Uncategorized
At the museum on Saturday, looking at mummies, it suddenly struck me that the pictures of the Kings and his slaves are all beautiful. They are somewhat muscular, have great cheekbones and all clean shaven. Not one picture of slaves or royalty showed them with underarm hair. Not a single fat royal. How did they do it?
On Failures
December 28th, 2009 Uncategorized
I spent Christmas eve at Z.’s playing pictionary. (”Show me your nuts!” she shrieked in my ear when I complained about her drawing.) Sex In The City ran in the background. Women friends in movies are so open, so confiding. We would hardly air the failures – not fearing judgment but that they are too heavy, too difficult, too embarrassingly common, but it was the hour of confidences. Struck by all the sadness, I tried to tell them to someone, who poo-pooed the commoness of the stories. As if Grief could tell the difference. So I’ve stuck them all together on this paper doll woman.
The child did not arrive
Not easier third time gone
Yet another who left
work is his way of escape
A midnight christmas toast
for success et cetera
as if it could cancel
secret failures much like
a well-balanced ledger.
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Glad to be watching Chestnuts this PM.
On the MSN:
November 23rd, 2009 Uncategorized
My little cousin, when asking me if I would like to watch her dance performance, was anxious to let me know it is quite childish. She meant it had a lot of pre-schoolers.
Aunt: N. said it would be cold at the hall. Bring a jacket.
Me: Okay. Shall I be wearing my ball gown?”
Aunt: N says, please don’t. You will outshine her.
Me: LMAO!
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Same cousin:
N: What are you doing?
Me: Writing.
N: Why are you always writing for nothing?
Me: ….
Me: It’s like you playing games on FaceBook.
N: Lame.
Nanowrimo 2009
November 9th, 2009 Uncategorized
This year, I spend about 2 hours (or more) writing and am struggling to meet the daily target. I’m trying to get into the groove of exercising and writing and it’s not working out. I do notice that the couple of days when it hurts too much to do my routine, 2000 words is easily done. Thing is, I don’t really want to drop my AM routine. How do I do better?
Nanowrimo Playlist
November 2nd, 2009 Uncategorized
The few tracks I have of the Muse’s The Resistance album (Uprising, United States of Eurasia and MK Ultra) is The Soundtrack for my story.
All I hear of my 50+ min playlist, however, is Nathan Lane announcing to Xanthias in The Frogs that it is time to start their journey (just before they break into I Love To Travel) and 张学友 singing the final act in 如果爱 before he leaps to his fake death. (I love the drama of the red blood on blinding white ice.) .
Things I want to still be doing when I’m grey
October 25th, 2009 Uncategorized
Writing: something, anything, even if they are nothing more than grocery lists
Going to the theatre: watching lots of local theatre, shouting my approval at the end of the show.
Running: kicking the arses of the young people on the track
Time of reckoning
October 19th, 2009 Uncategorized
Every year, I pull up my lists of things done to try to justify for my existence and come out from the experience with more than a nagging suspicion that I’ve didn’t quite succeed.
