I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale. - Marie Curie
The same is true of art and artists, no?
I'm often completely in awe of the similarity between artistic and scientific discovery and innovation. The artistic and scientific minds often function on very same levels.
Images that move me
by Langdon Graves
Friday, July 20, 2007
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Here is my answer to one of the questions my school asked me.
The value and survival of theater as a performing art is constantly in question. What value do you ascribe to live theater? Is this value related to its “market value”? In what ways, if any, is theater a “service” rather than a “product”?
I value theater's life. In our current culture of speed, immediate satisfaction, technological isolation, and submissive consumption, theater slows down, unites, and demands active participation of the community it occurs within. Anne Bogart in And Then You Act says, "In the United States, we are the targets of mass distraction. We are the objects of constant flattery and manufactured desire. I believe that the only possible resistance to a culture of banality is quality." Quality theatre is the antidote for my culture. Quality theatre is not a consumption, it is a participation. It is something created between the audience and the performers. It is alive. I believe live performance is an antidote to the opiates of our culture (i.e. television, movies, internet, media, etc). Theatre creates physical metaphors and poetry that the audience must participate in.
Theater is a service instead of a product when its intention is to serve instead of sell.
The value and survival of theater as a performing art is constantly in question. What value do you ascribe to live theater? Is this value related to its “market value”? In what ways, if any, is theater a “service” rather than a “product”?
I value theater's life. In our current culture of speed, immediate satisfaction, technological isolation, and submissive consumption, theater slows down, unites, and demands active participation of the community it occurs within. Anne Bogart in And Then You Act says, "In the United States, we are the targets of mass distraction. We are the objects of constant flattery and manufactured desire. I believe that the only possible resistance to a culture of banality is quality." Quality theatre is the antidote for my culture. Quality theatre is not a consumption, it is a participation. It is something created between the audience and the performers. It is alive. I believe live performance is an antidote to the opiates of our culture (i.e. television, movies, internet, media, etc). Theatre creates physical metaphors and poetry that the audience must participate in.
Theater is a service instead of a product when its intention is to serve instead of sell.
Ladybird
Here is a video created in my backyard by two of my lovely classmates. Its a simple beauty. Just like Agnese and Martha.
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Attitude.
This last week has been about my attitude. And how I needed to adjust it.
I've just finished this book by Anne Bogart about making art in unpredictable times. She breaks up the book into eight tools for action: context, articulation, intention, attention, magnetism, attitude, content and time. Attitude is the section that spoke to my dilemma this week.
The attitude with which you bring to a situation, is what the situation will be. If you consider a person to be a difficult person, they will be because they may sense your attitude towards them and react accordingly. So, I choose the have an attitude adjustment. I have been seeing school, classmates, relationships, well...life in general in a specific attitude. A worried attitude. It's an attitude I get when I'm......well, it's just a shitty attitude that I'd like to overcome.
Last night I rolled my ankle while walking home from a party and bruised my foot pretty bad. Therefore, today, sunday, I spent writing a paper for school, doing laundry, chatting with visitors and meditating....the majority of the time being the meditating stuff. It was the first sunny day that we have had in London in a long time and so taking the day to myself to reflect was beneficial. Usually I meditate while in motion (i.e. running, walking dancing) but due to my foot being out of commission I meditate in a stationery sitting position.
I need to meditate more. especially when I feel out of joint, as I have been feeling the last few weeks.
Needless to say, my head did a spin, I reconnected my mind and body...which for some reason were fighting with each other, and now I believe I have found resolve for the next coming weeks. My attitude is a choice and I take responsibility for it.
1. I respect my classmates and believe that school is continuously moving me as an artist and as a person.
2. If something is going well, trust it. If something is going bad, trust it.
3. Lastly, from Anne Bogart, "Art is an act of the spirit. It asks you to be a conduit for something larger than yourself. You listen to voices from the past in service of the common culture you share with those around you. With an understanding of why, then Heaven and Earth will move in response to your action. I believe this to be the fundamental grace that allows for action in our difficult times."
This last week has been about my attitude. And how I needed to adjust it.
I've just finished this book by Anne Bogart about making art in unpredictable times. She breaks up the book into eight tools for action: context, articulation, intention, attention, magnetism, attitude, content and time. Attitude is the section that spoke to my dilemma this week.
The attitude with which you bring to a situation, is what the situation will be. If you consider a person to be a difficult person, they will be because they may sense your attitude towards them and react accordingly. So, I choose the have an attitude adjustment. I have been seeing school, classmates, relationships, well...life in general in a specific attitude. A worried attitude. It's an attitude I get when I'm......well, it's just a shitty attitude that I'd like to overcome.
Last night I rolled my ankle while walking home from a party and bruised my foot pretty bad. Therefore, today, sunday, I spent writing a paper for school, doing laundry, chatting with visitors and meditating....the majority of the time being the meditating stuff. It was the first sunny day that we have had in London in a long time and so taking the day to myself to reflect was beneficial. Usually I meditate while in motion (i.e. running, walking dancing) but due to my foot being out of commission I meditate in a stationery sitting position.
I need to meditate more. especially when I feel out of joint, as I have been feeling the last few weeks.
Needless to say, my head did a spin, I reconnected my mind and body...which for some reason were fighting with each other, and now I believe I have found resolve for the next coming weeks. My attitude is a choice and I take responsibility for it.
1. I respect my classmates and believe that school is continuously moving me as an artist and as a person.
2. If something is going well, trust it. If something is going bad, trust it.
3. Lastly, from Anne Bogart, "Art is an act of the spirit. It asks you to be a conduit for something larger than yourself. You listen to voices from the past in service of the common culture you share with those around you. With an understanding of why, then Heaven and Earth will move in response to your action. I believe this to be the fundamental grace that allows for action in our difficult times."
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