Pass It On
A work of art is something you make, something you give to other people. It’s an object for use, and people can make many different uses of the same work. Susan Sontag
Category: Arts
Practice
An awed interviewer once exclaimed To the jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, “You do amazing things on the saxophone, Mr. Parker.” The musician replied, “I don’t know about amazing— I practiced for fifteen hours a day…
Austere, Moral, Mythic, Ceremonial
Thursday 31 October 2013 Magan, A while back I read this collection, Sartre on Theater, and I noted especially the following passages from his lectures, interviews, and articles. I want to share them with you,…
The Good News of Art according to Jerzy Grotowski
Thanks to Magan Wiles, who shared this with me at Amy’s Corner Bakeshop this morning… Why do we sacrifice so much energy to our art? Not in order to teach others but to learn with…
A State of Wonder
The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity. — Glenn Gould
Share the Wealth with J’Ann and Metra–Echoes: A Time of Endless Wars
Join us for our next Share the Wealth gathering as artists Metra Taylor and J’Ann Allen invite us to explore art depictions of wars throughout history. Metra and J’Ann will take us from the ancient…
Magan Wiles in “My Name Is Rachel Corrie”
COME TO “MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE” AT SLU BLACK BOX THEATER, JULY 8-11TH AND 15TH-18TH! Blue Rose Stage Collective presents their debut production: MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE Taken from the writings of Rachel…
Elstir’s Point of View
Lubna, If you lived here (or I there), we could have a bi-weekly Proust Reading Club! The following passage is from Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove: It was along this train of thought, meditated in silence…