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Life Experience Report: Contortion Class

June 18, 2010

You know that the raw material of art is life, right?  For this reason, I’ve made sure to get as much diverse life experience as possible.  In my circle of nerds, we call it gaining Life Experience Points.  So, I enrolled in contortion class.  Right, like circus contortion. The first class was last night.  I [...]

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Things lost to us.

May 25, 2010

I found a picture of you, o-o-oh Those were the happiest days of my life Like a break in the battle was your part, o-o-oh In the wretched life of a lonely heart – Back on the Chain Gang (Pretenders) My neighbor is a small, energetic and youthful 70 years old.  A super-mystical Catholic, her [...]

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Artistic Progress Envy

May 22, 2010

I just got back from this show, “Circus in Progress,” put on by a circus arts/physical theater studio.  It was a great show, but more than that, it really got me thinking about just how hidebound the publishing industry is. In high school, I got into clowning and Commedia, and I took it pretty seriously.  [...]

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