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- See: Image :: note :: ... month ends, a season passes & the flowers cycle towards memory ...

"... it is quite obvious that our instincts actually work against our instincts, so that, so to say, our anti-instincts act instead of, or even as, our instincts ..." ( Kaddish for a child not Born - Imre Kertesz ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... the paradox is when the anti-instinct becomes an instinct ...

"strip language of emotion, end up with operate" ( One Line Poems by Zoketsu Norman Fische | The Everydaty Zen Foundation ) - See: Poetry :: note :: ...huge attraction to brevity whether one-lines, aphorisms, short story, novelette, playlet, txt message ...

"strip language of emotion, end up with operate" ( One Line Poems by Zoketsu Norman Fische | The Everydaty Zen Foundation ) - See: Poetry :: note :: ...huge attraction to brevity whether one-lines, aphorisms, short story, novelette, playlet, txt message ...

The new mythos cannot emerge from the art of today's popular culture, in which the hero saves the day. Art as entertainment only drives us deeper into denial. Art as a cathartic experience is different. "The Greek tragic plays, based on the sacred stories of the gods, provide examples of such catharsis, or "purification." The art we need is an art that can confront us with the tragic results of our actions and embolden us to accept our culpability, while at the same time offering hope that we might salvage what is left of the Earth and our humanity. Is it possible to create new sacred stories, built on the familiar, that will restore both reverence and hope?" ( Discourse & Dissent | Telling Stories: The Restorative Power of Myth Wilson by Kelpie Wilson ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... logos & mythos working hand in hand ...

"What is bare life? This second question underscores the sheer vulnerability and complete exposure of being. Bare life deals with that part of our existence from which no measure of security will ever protect us. But as in sexuality, absolute exposure is intricately connected with infinite pleasure. There is an apocalyptic and obviously political dimension to bare life (brought out by torture and the concentration camp). There is, however, also a lyrical or even ecstatic dimension to it - a freedom for new and unexpected possibilities (in human relations as well as in our relationship to nature or, more generally, the world in which we live). Here and there, art dissolves the radical separation between painful subjection and joyous liberation. But what does that mean for its audiences?" ( Documenta 12 leitmotifs ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... another discussion at empyre ...

"The reason for my interest is simple: As a graduate student in the 1990s I studied ancient Greek epic and wrote my dissertation on Homer's Odysseys . It wasn't the idea that a poet could memorize and retell the thousands of lines comprising the story of the wandering Odysseus and his wily wife that got my attention (though I found it a remarkable skill). Rather, it was the idea that the poet sculpted the story in different ways for each telling and each audience. That there were literally thousands of Odysseys circulating the ancient world provoked my curiosity." ( Dene Grigar | dene@mail.eaze.net / empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... summer list reading ... a whole discussion on rhapsodic, ephemeral, multimedia narrative/story telling (liquid narrative) ... the nomadic town ... my house ... when ghosts will die ... and finally to my original roots the living theater ...

You are someone's son . Reveal unto me your secret oh ancestors and of course know I don't see eye to eye and at the same time cannot deny your existence as my base and source between me and them allies/enemies finding freedom to make my own way... (apologies to Grotowski: Tu es le fils de quel in Drama Review: TDR, Vol 31 No. 2 Autumn 1987/ link requires authorization) - See: Terms :: note :: ...on turning 53...

Opera company delivers impressive performance Shannon Boklaschuk, The StarPhoenix Published: Monday, July 17, 2006 Drama, romance, comedy -- Don Giovanni has got it all. On Saturday night, Mozart's renowned opera was brilliantly brought to life by Saskatoon Opera, with each vocalist delivering a most impressive performance. The show, which clocked in at around three hours, drew heart-felt applause and a standing ovation from the crowd -- and the praise was certainly well-deserved. The production offered first-rate entertainment, and the opera company should be proud of the high standard it has achieved. It's wonderful Saskatonians can enjoy such high-quality musicianship in their own backyard, and artistic director Barbara Montalbetti deserves kudos for her work. If you're not familiar with Don Giovanni, Mozart's opera is fast-paced and dramatic. It kicks off with a scene in which Don Giovanni (played by Matthew Leigh) attacks Donna Anna (Ileana Montalbetti), who manag...

Exploring his bad side Famous Mozart opera gives young baritone delightful challenge Joanne Paulson, The StarPhoenix Published: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 Matthew Leigh and Ileana Montalbetti star in Saskatoon Opera's production of Don Giovanni Photograph by : Richard Marjan, The StarPhoenix Don Giovanni is a very, very bad boy. He seduces women, kills men, lies through his teeth and generally behaves like an arrogant boor.He is also a lot of fun to play -- certainly for Matthew Leigh, who has taken on the title role for this year's Saskatoon Opera production. "I actually find Don Giovanni an easy character to understand," said Leigh (pronounced Lay) in a recent interview."He's simple, in a way. There are people who think he's a very complex character, but I disagree with that.He's very selfish, very spoiled, and I know many people who are like that; there's a side of me that's like that."Like many men, Leigh also admits he understands Giov...

Ileana performs Donna Anna in Don Giovanni & gets some newspaper coverage & excellent review ... for me the performance was spectacular ... an exciting, dynamic, rich voice filling the theater and entering the heart ... a powerful stage presence full of depth, confidence and nuanced feelings ... a performance centered in a strong emotional core that serves the art form with splendour ... a gifted artist to watch & enjoy but much more than that one of those rare talents that will push the art form into unique realms ... bravo ily ... - See: opera :: note :: ... may I be a proud father ...

"Only from our stories can we discover that our stories have come to an end, otherwise we would go on living as if there were still something for us to continue (our stories for example); that is, we would go on living in error." ( from Liquidation. Imre Kertész.27. ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... to write your story is live in a perpetual narration ... a constant awarness ...

"An Italian TV commentator declared that watching the tense match had caused great suffering: soffertissimo! At the ancient Circus Maximus, more than 150,000 people who watched the game on giant screens exploded with joy at the victory. "I don't believe it. It's a fairytale, it's just great to win after suffering so much. It's magnifico!" bayed 29-year-old Chiara." ( Explosion of Joy in Rome ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... the players also talked about suffering ...

"Pray, that you might awaken and not burn the world with that third eye - that eye which plays with history," she laughed." ( Raja Rao: Sacred Wordsmith ) - See: Memorium :: note :: ... the Hindu reports ( via ) the passing of Raja Rao ...

history, memory & forgiveness light traces the eternal rose while night falls to storms & the morning brings tear dew of flight open dreams to build heartlift places of solitude despite feverish aches & endless desires time to time the roselight passion holds reverie & the beauty of one folding into another stands still - See: Poetry

... breath held awaits the cascade of concentric zones as the continental shelf slopes towards the temple ... - See: Terms

... the first thing that has to go is any form of artistic expression that's dear to you. Art is unimportant next to life, and you have no choice. I had no hunger for it anymore, anyway. Creativity has much to do with experience, observation and imagination, and if any one of those key elements is missing, it doesn't work... ( fom Chronicles Volume One. Bob Dylan. 121 ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... summer reading ... an exploration of being an iconic popular performing artist ... chapter four the writing & recording of "Oh Mercy" ... read playing the described tracks ... the complexity of simplicity ... every painful decision ...

:: note :: ... i am not patriotic & worry about patriotism ... i honour the space of my inhabited territory and learn with others to love the place ... although part of a community i create great distance with some of the immediate neighbours & open spheres closely with those afar ... where are the borders & boundries ... they all dissolve with breath ... have always been taken with the sense that we breath each other in & out so many millions of times ... since there is no why ... there is the way ... the name is a question ... seek your given name & choose to give thanks to the given place ... - See: Terms