Sunday, March 27, 2011
Journey to the Centre of the Self
Starting this Tuesday, I'll embark on a Vipassana meditational retreat, based in Buddhist wisdom with a twist of Indian culture thrown in. Taking a vow of silence for 10 days, this experience allows one to explore the idea of "just being" and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens when all communications get shut off for 10 days in a spiritual quest for one's own self. As I am not allowed a computer, I'll be blogging about it when I get back - for now, wish me luck!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Sprinkle On the Annie!
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| photo: Mark Ritchie |
The Charlebois Post: http://charpo.blogspot.com/2011/03/sunday-feature-annie-sprinkle.html
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Celebrate World Theatre Day March 27th
Once a year, we humble theatre folk stop to take a look at the effect we have on the world around us. Lest we forget the year's World Theatre Day, or WTD!
"Today’s gathering is a true reflection of the immense potential of theatre to mobilize communities and bridge the divides."...
The 2011 World Theatre Day, international message is by Jessica A. Kaahwa, and is one of peace. Wow, theatre is a great tool for maintaining it!
World Theatre Day was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI). Visit the ITI blog page to read the international message at http://worldtheatreday.co/the-world-theatre-day-message-2011/
We all participate around the world in this event, and for my part, I'll be actually tweeting a play on Twitter! That's right, on March 27, join me and other Montreal artists as we create an impromptu play with characters hashed out as 1, 2, 3 etc. and create a mini-play! I'll be character #2 and my Twitter addy is @DAKtwitta of course! The production is being carried out by The Charlebois Post and the final script will be posted online on CharPo's site.
Meanwhile, find out more about the ITI (image above from their site) at http://www.iti-worldwide.org.
"Today’s gathering is a true reflection of the immense potential of theatre to mobilize communities and bridge the divides."...
The 2011 World Theatre Day, international message is by Jessica A. Kaahwa, and is one of peace. Wow, theatre is a great tool for maintaining it!
We all participate around the world in this event, and for my part, I'll be actually tweeting a play on Twitter! That's right, on March 27, join me and other Montreal artists as we create an impromptu play with characters hashed out as 1, 2, 3 etc. and create a mini-play! I'll be character #2 and my Twitter addy is @DAKtwitta of course! The production is being carried out by The Charlebois Post and the final script will be posted online on CharPo's site.
Meanwhile, find out more about the ITI (image above from their site) at http://www.iti-worldwide.org.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
As an artist, are you marketing yourself online?
Today in CharPo's "Friday 5", I explore some crucials in getting yourself online as an artist! http://charpo.blogspot.com/2011/03/friday-five-march-4-2011.html
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Quick, grab your kid by the hair!
Okay, after decades of boy bands and teenage packages we call "stars", it's time to point a finger at the Disney Channel our collective parents created by censoring their Tivos. Seeing Justin Bieber at the Oscars with Selena Gomez, I'm bombarded with not one but two packages we call teenage sensations, wrapped in a nice pretty bow we call the Academy Awards.
I could get all feverish over Justin but as a Canadian, I'll just say I'm happy he's been lucky enough to have Usher string him up like a marionnette for the world to see. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a TV show called EIGHT IS ENOUGH introduced another young Tiger Beat Magazine star to mag covers with pretty much the same hair: Adam Rich.
It's when Selena Gomez comes into the picture that I start getting a little "icky". Born in 1992, this Disney Channel star has already played it up on the arm of one of the pre-packaged Jonas Brothers, along with Twilight's "can't get no shirt satisfaction" Taylor Lauthner. A year older than Bieber, they seem the perfect match, but then, Gomez is no fool - her marketing team is Disney, not USHER!
Yes Disney, and to make it worse, the Disney Channel. The same people that pumped out Britney, Lindsay and Hannah Montana before they all dropped their vaginas on the ground for the world to see. The same channel that collectively gasped as they watched their sculpted, pure, innocent stars check into rehab or show a little leg at the MTV Awards while we all had to watch their growing pains live on screen. Either someone's mother needs to take a second at look at what they feel they're REALLY protecting us from when they prop their kids up to the channel each morning, or we need to start to start taking a closer at look at how Disney films differ from the wholesome channel itself: a repressive, unreal glimpse into that adolescent Holocaust of 1950s denial. Or in brief, the SPAM version of reality.
Happy dating Bieb! I truly hope this is a match made in Usher heaven. Mickey ears and all.
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| Mathematical formula: Rich + Beiber = RICH BIEBER |
It's when Selena Gomez comes into the picture that I start getting a little "icky". Born in 1992, this Disney Channel star has already played it up on the arm of one of the pre-packaged Jonas Brothers, along with Twilight's "can't get no shirt satisfaction" Taylor Lauthner. A year older than Bieber, they seem the perfect match, but then, Gomez is no fool - her marketing team is Disney, not USHER!
Yes Disney, and to make it worse, the Disney Channel. The same people that pumped out Britney, Lindsay and Hannah Montana before they all dropped their vaginas on the ground for the world to see. The same channel that collectively gasped as they watched their sculpted, pure, innocent stars check into rehab or show a little leg at the MTV Awards while we all had to watch their growing pains live on screen. Either someone's mother needs to take a second at look at what they feel they're REALLY protecting us from when they prop their kids up to the channel each morning, or we need to start to start taking a closer at look at how Disney films differ from the wholesome channel itself: a repressive, unreal glimpse into that adolescent Holocaust of 1950s denial. Or in brief, the SPAM version of reality.
Happy dating Bieb! I truly hope this is a match made in Usher heaven. Mickey ears and all.
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