I am currently reading an amazing book.
And then you act: Making art in an unpredictable world. By Anne Bogart.
It is the sequel to her first book, A Director Prepares. It is coming to me at a time when I really need the inspiration and I also have to write a book report for school.
Please if you are an artist or even if you are not...read this book. It talks about our culture very candidly and addresses creating art and change within unpredicatable times.
If you need some inspiration or if you want a good non-fiction to read. Pick it up.
Much Love.
Images that move me
by Langdon Graves
Thursday, June 14, 2007
DO NOT BE ASHAMED
by Wendell Berry
You will be walking some night
in the comfortable dark of your yard
and suddenly a great light will shine
round about you, and behind you
will be a wall you never saw before.
It will be clear to you suddenly
that you were about to escape,
and that you are guilty: you misread
the complex instructions, you are not
a member, you lost your card
or never had one. And you will know
that they have been there all along,
their eyes on your letters and books,
their hands in your pockets,
their ears wired to your bed.
Though you have done nothing shameful,
they will want you to be ashamed.
They will want you to kneel and weep
and say you should have been like them.
And once you say you are ashamed,
reading the page they hold out to you,
then such light as you have made
in your history will leave you.
They will no longer need to pursue you.
You will pursue them, begging forgiveness.
They will not forgive you.
There is no power against them.
It is only candor that is aloof from them,
only an inward clarity, unashamed,
that they cannot reach. Be ready.
When their light has picked you out
and their questions are asked, say to them:
"I am not ashamed." A sure horizon
will come around you. The heron will begin
his evening flight from the hilltop.
by Wendell Berry
You will be walking some night
in the comfortable dark of your yard
and suddenly a great light will shine
round about you, and behind you
will be a wall you never saw before.
It will be clear to you suddenly
that you were about to escape,
and that you are guilty: you misread
the complex instructions, you are not
a member, you lost your card
or never had one. And you will know
that they have been there all along,
their eyes on your letters and books,
their hands in your pockets,
their ears wired to your bed.
Though you have done nothing shameful,
they will want you to be ashamed.
They will want you to kneel and weep
and say you should have been like them.
And once you say you are ashamed,
reading the page they hold out to you,
then such light as you have made
in your history will leave you.
They will no longer need to pursue you.
You will pursue them, begging forgiveness.
They will not forgive you.
There is no power against them.
It is only candor that is aloof from them,
only an inward clarity, unashamed,
that they cannot reach. Be ready.
When their light has picked you out
and their questions are asked, say to them:
"I am not ashamed." A sure horizon
will come around you. The heron will begin
his evening flight from the hilltop.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Exciting new Development.
Diogo and I will be visiting the states in the end of August!!!!
We are going to go to New York first and then end up in Klamath falls for another wedding. Phew, people getting married!!!
Anyways, I'm not sure as yet whether I will be able to make it P-town, but if I do I may be asking for accomodation just for a couple of days. Let me know if you are up for it!
I miss and love you all!!
Diogo and I will be visiting the states in the end of August!!!!
We are going to go to New York first and then end up in Klamath falls for another wedding. Phew, people getting married!!!
Anyways, I'm not sure as yet whether I will be able to make it P-town, but if I do I may be asking for accomodation just for a couple of days. Let me know if you are up for it!
I miss and love you all!!
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Friday, May 18, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
Alright so I'm a real crap blogger.
I only get the chance to blog on breaks from school or when I am utterly bored at work. Right now it's both! Forgive me.
I'm at the end of my final break before the end of the term. The next term is 10 weeks long and we are venturing into the realms of characters. I'm completely excited. We are ending this year with several projects including a solo piece that is the accumulation of what we have been moved by in the year. I am very blessed by this program, even when I am frustrated I have trust and respect for the faculty.
I'll admit at the end of this term was the first time that I felt that I really needed a break from school. I was having frustrations with everything from school, classmates, and London to my own identity.
I am happy to say that I have righted myself (well, as "right" as I am happy) at the end of these two weeks (helped out by four days spent in Portugal with Diogo and running till I vomited one morning *good for the soul*). I'm ready to remount school with renewed anticipation, inspiration, and joy.
Now I am ready for school to start again and, of course, the anticipation is maddening. *Breath*
I am so impatient.
P.S. I'll be in the states for my brother's wedding. June 2. But it will only be for two days and I'll be in Kfalls. Sorry to my Portland Friends!
I only get the chance to blog on breaks from school or when I am utterly bored at work. Right now it's both! Forgive me.
I'm at the end of my final break before the end of the term. The next term is 10 weeks long and we are venturing into the realms of characters. I'm completely excited. We are ending this year with several projects including a solo piece that is the accumulation of what we have been moved by in the year. I am very blessed by this program, even when I am frustrated I have trust and respect for the faculty.
I'll admit at the end of this term was the first time that I felt that I really needed a break from school. I was having frustrations with everything from school, classmates, and London to my own identity.
I am happy to say that I have righted myself (well, as "right" as I am happy) at the end of these two weeks (helped out by four days spent in Portugal with Diogo and running till I vomited one morning *good for the soul*). I'm ready to remount school with renewed anticipation, inspiration, and joy.
Now I am ready for school to start again and, of course, the anticipation is maddening. *Breath*
I am so impatient.
P.S. I'll be in the states for my brother's wedding. June 2. But it will only be for two days and I'll be in Kfalls. Sorry to my Portland Friends!
Thursday, May 10, 2007
men hugging
men hugging
Originally uploaded by Jillianlynn.
Portuguese Men sharing a little love. Diogo's friend's Gonzalo and Freddie.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
cross on the beach
cross on the beach
Originally uploaded by Jillianlynn.
a cross outside a church near the beach in Espinho
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