September 2010
2 posts
Privacy
We are coming up on the 2nd in-house visitation of our MCA residency, and it is a workshop with the renowned Butoh artist Diego Pinon Sepp. I have not yet met the man, I have been corresponding with his stateside facilitator Nicole LeGette, and today, she told me that some of my plans for the weekend will not work for Diego. Mainly, he doesnt want any observers, only participants, and he doesnt...
Teaching Artists
As the residency with MCA continues, and more things become clarified, I am really excited to add one more facet of the complex gem that is my artistic practice, and that is being a teaching artist. Though I might cynically say that if I were stinkin rich I would stop teaching because I only do it for money, it is, in fact, a big part of my life, and my art making mind. It does sap me, I...
April 2010
2 posts
Crooked Mouthed Strangers
At Crooked Mouth rehearsal last night, there was a stink and a moth. Not going to deny it, it was there. I kept apologizing for it, saying, “I know there is a stink, I am sorry about it, and the moth, but thats how it is, gentlemen…” They politely demurred, but I knew they were judging, they were thinking ill of my family, my housekeeping, I wished that they knew how hard I...
The Overwhelm and the Interwhelm....
At the Curious meeting the other day, Kathleen said, “wow, you should just video tape yourself talking about the big project and that could be the beginnings of it…” and I thought, actually, I wouldn’t want to do that, but I might want to write about all the things flying around in my mind…Bivens and I emailing back and forth about films to look at for that attention...