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“I am your teacher and you are learning in my school. My aim is to bring you to completion, unhindered, free from compulsive behavior, unrestrained, without shame, free, flourishing, and happy…Your aim is to learn and diligently practice all these things. Why then don’t you complete the work, if you have the right aim andContinue reading “Whatever WORKs”

“The tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it is attained, it does not cause happiness – it merely causes a flash of pleasure followed by weariness, and it is always accompanied, of course, by the anxiety that you may lose the object of yourContinue reading “Detachment Comes From Awareness”

“Most people are not just comfortable in their ignorance, but hostile to anyone who points it out.” -Plato, The Allegory of the Cave “Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or fromContinue reading “Right Way Or Your Way?”

“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig wasContinue reading “Just Choose Something”

If someone reaches out to you–particularly someone you’re close to and whose taste you trust–says “this was one of the best pieces of theatre I’ve ever seen”, then you should go see said show. Pronto. No questions asked. Just go. Realize that when someone reaches out and urges you to see something, that person isContinue reading “IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT”

Give a little bitOh, give a little bit of your love to meI’ll give a little bitI’ll give a little bit of my love to youThere’s so much that we need to shareSo send a smile and show you care(Alright) -song “Give A Little Bit” by Supertramp We can always do a little bit more.Continue reading “A Little Bit More”

“I used to tell students…the difference between poetry and you is you look in the mirror and say, “I am getting old,” but Shakespeare looks in the mirror and says, “Devouring Time, blunt thou thy lion’s paws.” -Jim Harrison, book Search For The Genuine Lee: “…Just a sweet kinda suburban silence.” Austin: “What kind ofContinue reading “Seeing and Feeling”

“That was one of the best things I’ve ever seen in my life.” It’s what we hope to feel every time we step into the theatre and see your production. You have the opportunity to give us that. Don’t take it for granted. Do it solely because you love it. Put your whole heart andContinue reading ““One Of The Best Things I’ve Ever Seen In My Life””

“A brand is not a logo. A brand is a promise, a story and a shorthand. A brand tells us what to expect the next time we engage with you.” -Seth Godin “The mission is critical. Once you lose sight of it, everything gets lost. You start doing side projects to satisfy a funder, aContinue reading “Your Brand and Your Mission Statement”

“Attention is the most basic form of love.” -Tara Brach “In the West there is a loneliness, which I call the leprosy of the West. In many ways, it is worse than our poor in Calcutta…We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There areContinue reading ““A Rabbit Noticed My Condition””