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“I will laugh at the world. No living creature can laugh except man. Trees may bleed when they are wounded, and beasts in the field will cry in pain and hunger, yet only I have the gift of laughter and it is mine to use whenever I choose. Henceforth I will cultivate the habit ofContinue reading “Humor Me”

“There are no small parts, only small actors.” -Konstantin Stanislavski After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer. He wasn’t playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice. Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacksContinue reading “Small Is Big”

“This is the practice of cleaning the slate. The ability to create as an artist and experience the work as a first time viewer, dropping baggage from the past of what you thought you wanted the work to be. The mission is to be in the present moment with the work.” -Rick Rubin, The Creative Act ForContinue reading “Clean The Slate”

Life’s too short to paint a kissSo sing a picture, paint a songTake it home and bang your gongCause life is an ill cast comedy for fools -lyrics from “Symphony for Group and Orchestra” by Lee Jackson and band The Nice O gentlemen, the time of life is short;To spend that shortness basely were tooContinue reading “Ars Longa, Vita Brevis”

Tell your story. Be transformed. We’ll be transformed too. A new Vs. Studio Writing and Solo Performance Workshop begins this Saturday.  We’d love to have you. (Only one spot left. Email jclark@vstheatre.org)

Making your way in the world todayTakes everything you’ve gotTaking a break from all your worriesSure would help a lotWouldn’t you like to get away? All those nights when you’ve got no lightsThe check is in the mailAnd your little angelHung the cat up by it’s tailAnd your third fiance didn’t show Sometimes you wannaContinue reading ““I’m Really Glad You’re Here””

“If you feel unable to hit a note or faithfully paint an image, it’s helpful to remember that the challenge is not that you can’t do it, but that you haven’t done it yet. Avoid thinking in impossibilities.” -Rick Rubin, The Creative Act “Allow an old man some parting words–just one observation–Do something with your lives,Continue reading “Bring It On”

“You are the sky. Everything else is weather.” -Pema Chodron “Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace.” –Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation) “Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, itContinue reading “Empty Mind”

“Looking at beauty in the world is the first step of purifying the mind.” -Amit Ray “We should remember that even Nature’s inadvertence has its own charm, its own attractiveness. The way loaves of bread split open on top in the oven; the ridges are just by-products of the baking, and yet pleasing, somehow: theyContinue reading “Put Yourself On Notice”

A good traveler has no fixed plansand is not intent upon arriving.A good artist lets his intuitionlead him wherever it wants.A good scientist has freed himself of conceptsand keeps his mind open to what is. -Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation) “I saw the angel in the marble, and carved until I setContinue reading “Scientists And Artists”