Humanity cannot really claim a higher order of evolution until it overcomes its first-order tendencies to suppress, restrict, and ultimately destroy.
Read MoreMY EVENING WITH CHARLES AZNAVOUR
His special thing—that unusual, sparkling, saturated thing that gives him gravitas and value—is a profound urgency about not giving up on life, on romance, on love.
Read MoreTHANKSGIVING 2017
Wherever the holiday finds you, you’re obviously reading this, which therefore means you’re alive. That’s not something to forget, or waste.
Read MoreHISTORY AS A CREATIVE CONCEPT
The more a creative person understands that nothing comes into being without coming from somewhere, the more he or she can connect new inventions to deeper themes and resonances.
Read MorePREPARATION FOR LIVE PERFORMANCES
The closer to a performance date, the more a performer begins to wonder if reading a book or watching a movie or even speaking to another person might inadvertently knock some vital mnemonic brick out of place, send the whole edifice of memorized exactitude cascading into the abyss.
Read MoreVIRUS
Like a virus, an idea doesn’t look like much without the context of the place and time where it interacts with the world.
Read MoreIMPROVISATION (or, How to Build a Car while Driving it)
Improvisation is all about noticing things you couldn’t possibly have seen until you got started, and realizing that your evolving insight is the compass needle you should be following.
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TEARS IN RAIN -- Blade Runner 2049 and the Culture that Missed Something Special
The philosophical courage for artists to create requires cultures to have enough collective courage to support creators. The creative team of BR2049 helmed by director Denis Villeneuve created a fully realized world, created down to minute detail. They also created a vital, thrilling work of art.
Read MoreNEW LATITUDES, NEW LONGITUDES
By knowing the latitude and longitude of every centimeter on our planet, we must imagine new ways those places intersect.
Read MoreTRANSFORMATION
Performance asks us to function at heightened levels, at higher tempos relative to our steady-state.
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