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How on earth ... to move beyond the skin line? ... to reconnect with our dreams & visions? May there be more Compassion, Wisdom, and Peace for all!

Tu es la vague de la mer, moi, je suis ton galet Toi, l'aiguille, et moi, ton fil Tu es ma flèche, je suis ton arc Tu es l'acteur; je suis ta voix Tu es ma mémoire et moi, la nostalgie Toi, mon encre, je suis ta plume Tu es le rateau, je suis ta feuille Tu es le masque et je suis le modèle Tu es la neige et moi, tes traces de pas Tu es le brouillard de mon aube Tu es la solitude de mon vide Tu es mon talon d'Achille et je suis ta faiblesse Tu es le cri et moi, le silence Tu es la rage et je suis le pardon Toi, ma larme et je suis ton rire Tu es la fedélité et moi, la trahison Tu es l'attente, je suis le voyageur Toi, le labyrinthe et moi, Icare Tu es ma tragédie et je suis ta farce Tu es la tyrannie et moi, la révolution Toi, Phedre et moi, Hippolite Tu es mon théâtre et je suis ta vie. - by iryn - See: Poetry :: note :: ... poem recieved ... & spoken translation into my ear ...

Turtle on display at the airport created by a Georges Vanier Grade 2 student. Studies of lace patterns in nature. - See: Terms :: note :: ... go inside for protection ... bury seeds in the sand ... flow in the water ... ground yourself with a power stance ... the red lips ...

Full Moon ... Winter Solstice ... Time Lines ... "We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time." ( T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... coyoto howls ... there on the floor ... there's a hole ... there's a hole ... there's a whole in my mukluk which the world will see ... there's a toe ... there's a toe ... there's a toe in the hole in my mukluk which the world will see ... there's a rabbit on the toe in the hole in my mukluk which the world will see ... there's feathers on the rabbit on the toe in the hole in my mukluk which gaia does see ... there's a pouch ... there's a pouch ... there's a pouch in the hole in my mukluk in the bottom of the .... " just gimme that pouch" - & rabbit did ... it was cold ... it was cold ... it was so cold for coyoto ... clutching the pouch ... leaving...

obituaries - See: Memorium :: note :: ... it seems this time of year every year is a passage time ... Stockhausen introduced me to the idea of avante garde arts ... for that eternal thanks ...

IN MEMORIAM: NORVAL MORRISSEAU - See: Artists :: note :: ... opened me for one to First Nations art ... as a young adolescent the Norval Morriseau body of work was a fascinating introduction which has continued ...

"According to traditional knowledge, the Memekwesiw offer guidance on natural medicines and how to live life in harmony with Nature. They are said to be about the same height as two-year-old children, but are easily distinguishable from them because they have no noses. Memekwesiw in the La Ronge region are said to live in caves carved out of the rock near the lake's shoreline." ( Virtual Saskatchewan ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... during a medical crisis over a decade ago it was such a memekwesiw that healed me ... listening to Ideas tonight brought it all back ...

"Theatre of Catastrophe takes as its first principle the idea that art is not digestible. Rather, it is an irritant in consciousness, like the grain of sand in the oyster's gut... " ( Theatre of Catastrophe ) "More specifically why this violent use of language? What purpose does it serve? Sometimes it is violent. Sometimes it is tranquil. The two states coexist. But the violence of the tone is only a reflection of the passion of the character to discover his or her freedom in a world which is insufficiently gratifying for modern man... which is in fact, shrunk. This cry of violence is a cry for more authentic experience than is available, not only from society, but possibly - horror of horrors - from life itself" ( Challenging Conventions An Interview with Howard Barker by Gilles Menegaldo University of Poitiers ) - See: Theater :: note :: ... sex, language & religion are the greatest obstacles to theater education ... schools are unable to adequately d...

This year marks the 20th commemoration of George Ryga's death in 1987, as well as the 40th anniversary of the premiere of The Ecstasy of Rita Joe. The Ecstasy of Rita Joe was the first play in English to be presented in the National Arts Centre Theatre in Ottawa in 1969. For several years afterwards it shook the nation. Chief Dan George wrote in the preface of the first publication, "this play carries a message all Canada should hear." After dress one Rita Joe actress commented, "I needed to understand situations. I've led a pretty sheltered life and this project took me on a journey of understanding the many First Nation issues. I thought it could never happen to me or in my community. I know it is and if we don't stop it now it'll go on forever. It's not about coming to a play for entertainment - it's a way of seeing other realities." The student next to her responded. "I'm reminded of my Grandmother. She was Metis and a rape vict...

- See: Theater :: note :: ... Saskatchewan Native Theater Company's Circle Of Voices program completes its first weeks run of their 2007 piece ... Kihew cuts deep into the political/family/spiritual dimensions of the compensation package offered to those who survived the canadian residential school system ... the youthful energy of the group is harnessed in a wonderfully shaped story rich in irreverent humour, resonant in the range of emotions from anger to forgiveness and a soul abundant with message and hope ... the entire production team works with an exquisite touch serving the story which opens our hearts ... we are invited to listen for the complexity of the world, to deal with hidden pain, find a survival song which will sustain and nurture the way and soar into the future with "indian soul" ... much joy and passion to cory, demitrius, deidre, aaron, jaired and danny as they travel the journey of Kihew ...

Dream. Travelling an unknown city the controlled panic in the streets forces me to flee. Get out before further destruction results screams an inner voice. I start out on foot as traffic jams block all highways. It is a steep climb. A short time later am standing before a high rise building. Looming out of nowhere in a sparsely populated hilly region I recall a friend, recently gone through a messy divorce, gave me this address and I ring for entrance. A reassuring voice calls me up. His beautiful one room kitchen/liviing room, large glass windows looking out over the valley seems empty as he rushes out the door. "Will be back later - make yourself at home." Moving into the two other rooms they are full of beds and cots with no space to move. I select one and fall exhausted to sleep. In the darkness figures move in and out. Waking I and go out to the kitchen where my friend is eating. We visit when suddenly people rush out of the other rooms shouting at me. Something is in my...

"Simple in concept, complex in execution, he makes us look at a tree in its natural surroundings, but separates the tree artificially from nature by presenting it on an immense white ground, as one would see a painting or photograph on a billboard." ( lensculture | Myoung Ho Lee ) - See: Art :: note :: ... seems like still theater ...

"October 9 is Hangul Day (한글날 Han'gŭllal), an annual commemoration of the 1446 proclamation of the invention of the Korean alphabet by King Sejong (세종) and / or his scholars. Hangul is the most sophisticated writing system actually in use for a real language. " ( Polyglot Vegetarian ) - See: Terms :: note :: ...excellent post ... a special day for us ...

"Hi there ... cést moi quietly celebrating seven years of the "s lot"" ( wood s lot ) - See: Artists :: note :: ... absolutely the best site on the web day in & day out ... for seven years now ... thanks for the brilliance ...

"On October 5 each year, teachers' organisations worldwide mobilise to ensure that the needs of future generations are taken into consideration." ( World Teachers' Day ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... what mobilization? ... just another day ...

the 22nd floor of a glass tower just glass, marble the air of tension & power harsh, cold, curt intercom scratched voices staccato syllables false politeness with a spirit of fear & suspicion a blind behind glass opens to a faceless face & mute reflections at least the elevators sing whistling a mating call as they pass each other let the glass and marble mate speedily the breath of up and down as humans degrade each other to the baseline slide all documents to the end ... - See: personal :: note :: ... written in an consulant waiting for a visa application ...

... back ... from where: Kenora, Neys Provincial Park, Alogonquin National Park, Laval Quebec, Quebec, Baix St.Paul, Ottawa, Toronto, Niagra Falls, Rock Lake & environs, Lake Superior Provincial Park (Agawa), Sleeping Giant Provincial Park ... was inspiring ... - See: personal

the boy child riding the currents seeks out rapids rests impatiently in the eddies paddles strong broad strokes splashes the water with joy & falls for the fun of it. the boy child wonders at the awe of the morning wind blowing west hard streaming through unkempt hair cleansing heart, soul and mind as sunlight diamond dances the water top piecing the eye demanding vision cleansing. the boy child quiets to listen to the crashing water flow the smell of water spray torrents of whitewater change & the memories of kananaskis , king creek, wedge pond, canyons ... - See: Personal :: note :: ... preparing/cleaning out unused pockets for this summers trip came across these "notes" from last excursion ... time passes ...

if destiny is a choice than what we choose is destiny if choice involves knowing the shadow than shadow involves choice if choice is limited to right and wrong than possibilities are limited choices if possibility is a response to choices than what is chosen demands responsibility if responsibility to all we have imagined and created is a choice than choose destiny - See: Term :: note :: ... a young man stood before me passionately living his destiny ... he told me it was his choice ... silently I felt life is all possibilities therefore if theater is our wish, than theater we get & I witnessed great theater ...

Waldman on Theater - See: Theater Image :: note :: ... as sessions end with young circle of voices think on my spirit mentors ... did not see Constant Prince but did see the next works & more ... Max Waldman documented an important theater moment ... everytime I work thanks go to Grotowski's Actors Lab ...

- See: Memorium :: note :: ... people influence you directly /indirectly /near /far /daily /once ... theresa & blake ... two artists entwined ... their passings l(ea)ive questions ... why we seek the where ... if bones have memory is the skeleton shape of memory a shadow cast within the flesh of living ...

Tibor Feheregyhazi, 75 Young actor fresh from the Budapest uprising of 1956 sailed for Canada to become a behind-the-scenes powerhouse in Winnipeg, Thunder Bay and Saskatoon F. F. LANGAN Special to The Globe and Mail July 25, 2007 at 8:50 AM EDT NOWLTON, QUE. — Hungarian actor Tibor Feheregyhazi's accent kept him off the stage in Canada, but his production skills put him at the forefront of one of the most vigorous and determined theatre companies in the country. A refugee from the street fighting in the 1956 Hungarian revolution, he spent 25 years reviving and rebuilding Saskatoon's Persephone Theatre. "He was dynamic and seemed to take people over. You might even call him imperious," said Jeremy Morgan, executive director of the Saskatchewan Arts Board. He gave an example of how Mr. Feheregyhazi expected to be obeyed. "He wrote to an actor saying, 'I am doing The Tempest and you will be Caliban.' Even though the man didn't know him, he accepted....

Tibor - See: Memorium :: note :: ... a wonderful life ... a theater worker of note ... thanks for shining so brightly ...

- See: Video Poetry :: note :: ... an older video ... tech advances have made embedding & producing much simpler ... A rehearsal reading written & read by John Livingstone Clark composed by Ray Stephanson & Duane Dorgan. @The Temple Aug. 04

Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach is a writing of precision and restraint. A period piece carefully recorded by a contemporary historian of the heart. Concentrated in purpose the story explicates the emotional territory of a particular yet universal moment: "They were young, educated, and both virgins on this, their wedding night, and they lived in a time when a conversation about sexual difficulties was plainly impossible." The pace is paradoxically pedestrian and relentless allowing the elegiac ending to leave traces of light regret and melancholy. Somehow the book disappoints. Lacking any verve or daring the final insight, though simple and true, renders unimaginative. Tim Adams , Colm Tóibín reviews - See: Novel

photos by Iryn "Knots? I queried myself in the midst of the chaos. I brought the words softly to my lips ... all sorts of things were connected. Some connections led to confusion, he'd said. Because I lost track of what I wanted. So were all my ties meaningless?" ( Murakami. Dance Dance Dance . 94 ) - See: Image :: note :: ... just friday the 13th ...

photo&words by Iryn - See: Images :: note :: ... yikes ... what to do now? ...

"This was a good sign. Dance. Keep in step, light but steady. Freshen up, maintain the rhythm, keep things going. I had to pay careful attention where this was leading me to next. Had to make sure I stayed in this world, " ( HarUki MuRakAmi. | Dance DanCe DaNcE . 160 ) photo by Iryn :: note :: ... thinking about dancingness as i begin another project ... to be in stride with a lift to the step ... awareness of space around sharpens ... an intent movement one step at a time (be present) ... focus towards a goal ... yet spiralling nowhere with nothing but throwing sand in the face ... apologies to Andy Goldsworthy ... - See: Theater

... to all who came ... thanks ... especially the one who makes it all worthwhile ...

- See: Theater :: note :: ... saving for history ... found here at present but sure to be linkrot soon ...

"People are not things, but flows" ( MANUEL DE LANDA via rod corp ) ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... find i often focus on the structure of things ... unable to grasp water but able to create a structure to hold water ... breathe the flow ... don't hold the breath ... swim in the water and catch the rhythm of the breath ... relationship as flow ...

"Our current education system was created in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and was modeled after the new factories of the industrial revolution. Public schools, set up to supply the factories with a skilled labor force, crammed education into a relatively small number of years. We have tried to pack more and more in while extending schooling up to age 24 or 25, for some segments of the population. In general, such an approach still reflects factory thinking˜get your education now and get it efficiently, in classrooms in lockstep fashion. Unfortunately, most people learn in those classrooms to hate education for the rest of their lives. ... In recent surveys I've found that American teens are subjected to more than 10 times as many restrictions as mainstream adults, twice as many restrictions as active-duty U.S. Marines, and even twice as many as incarcerated felons." ( Psychology Today | Trashing Teens ) - See: Education :: note :: ... my experience verifies teens are ...

Swift Kick Technology: A Guide to Facebook for School Faculty, Administration and Staff - See: Education :: note :: ... a reasonable guide ... believe the best advice is to know social networking & practice the flow of what that means ... no absolutes and a continual process/flow ...

picture by Iryn - See: Images :: note :: ... the wind streams through the windows ... quick cooling after hot day ... the brilliant sunlight ...

"Stevens's commitment to the effectiveness of poetry results in a dynamic definition of the art. 'It is,' Stevens states, 'a violence from within that protects us from a violence without. It is the imagination pressing back against the pressure of reality.' Poetry is both a shield and a sword. It not only protects us from those inimical forces arrayed against us, it counterattacks as well. His definition is especially bracing when one considers that 'It' - and this is apparent only if one has read the entire passage - refers not to poetry, but rather to the nobility of poetry. The distinction is important: Stevens wishes to remind us of poetry's power to preserve our dignity and maintain our spirit under excruciating circumstances. " ( AGNI | A Violence from Within: Poetry and Terrorism by Kenneth Sherman ) - See: ArtistsSpeak :: note :: ... imagination in terms of pressure ... zygmunt always talked about the proper pressure ... press a sp...

:: note :: ... being treacherous in safe places ... this is new ... linking to myself ... creating emotional fire to burn off logic stubble ... a type of landscape/mindscape clearing ... seems to be not very advantageous & must deal with a lot of tearing smoke ... watch the wind & be prepared for damage control ... - See: Terms

:: note :: ... have spent some time (like most) with social networking, music, picture/share/tag/link/communication sites - MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, Flickr, del.icio.us, Google Groups & all ... have created an Avatar & spent minimal time in virtual realities ... rarely chat via IM ... have assorted RSS Readers ... have subscriptions to forums, make occasional comments & email ... spend quite some time blogging ... all of this due to curiosity & it seems to maintain a webimprint w[e]btr[pl]ace or webp[resence]ersona ... it has not created a large social network nor contact (thank goodness)... after years now still unable to articulate fully why do it ... of all the writing here @ if is the most fun & fruitful ... not that it communicates to anyone but writing to myself has been stimulating ... even the html/css/underthehood learning has been rewarding ... the time serves to loop back towards enriching the recording of self reflection ... two of my fav b...

For a brief instant at days end the dancingness spoke quietly to the singingness The theater will always fade I'm resigned I'm resigned to being memory An actor with the gentle voice whispered the harshest words from the mask as she courted playingness We left with two empty hands out of which beauty revolved as delicate as palms centring the universe of the heart You may no longer hold anything not the twilight story flute fading into the silent voice of your peers and colleagues who had sung in your circle You are gone All action will dissolve into the living pulse I'm pensive Once more will an old actor reciting alone through empty space text written by ancient forgotten players wandering aimlessly the lost landscape of shadow night echoing out ... O listener share the mystery without turning away let the time between us all strip away false hopes into the brilliant light before the breath exposes the fragile illusion which so delicately flickers aura forever again fore...

Dancing Freely A light spring in air is like a tiny determined spider scurrying exposed across the green carpet of dream weaving silk web patterns traces of stories some deep, some delicately etched invisibly strand by strand forever seeding imaginative pulses of play and longing - See: Poetry :: note :: ... day three of a workshop ... beautiful work

"I love this exhibition. It shows how juxtaposition and instinct and a freewheeling approach can make for curatorial brilliance, when passion rather than cold logic fires the selection. "I experimented with sounds that make the listener feel loved," said Wilson of Pet Sounds. That is how this show makes you feel." ( guadian unlimited arts| Still waters run deep ) - See: Image :: note :: ... the principle instinct & passion practised with diligence & imagination takes work & transforms the work into play opening into an intelligence of feeling ... that's what I think ... accessing instinct & passion requires a complex bundle of energy, excitement, enthusiasm with precise impulse following associations & abandon ... it demands being treacherous in safe places ...

- See: Image :: note :: ... biking down back alleys came across this graffiti ... the bizzare thing is this post broke the last seven posts which will be fixed tomorrow ... i hope ...

Listening To Bones Deep Inside In the heart a noble heron stands the wind bites into harsh eyes tightening ancient tools a sharp slap the world hears echoing silence still holding breath quietly releasing rip rap a complex movement after a focused gesture (apologies to Listening To Mountains From Behind Iron Bars | SUMMER 07: Huang Xiang ) - See: Poetry :: note :: ... one of my favourite activities is to find great writing and use the structure to activate my own imagination ...

"My job onstage is to be as open as possible, to weave the show without a script as it comes, and this leaves me very emotionally available and vulnerable, if an audience chooses to abuse that trust." ( American Repertory Theatre Blog | A Night To Remember | Video of Disrupted performance ) - See: Theater :: note :: ...a powerful statement of being onstage ... open & vulnerable ... trust in the audience when broken is a huge betrayal ...

Fake Science a smaller music seller. - See: Terms :: note :: ...iTunes needs a reality check away from the mainstream ... more choice ... less restrictions ...

MapmyName via Conversations with Dina - See: terms :: note :: ...risk digital grace ... gift each other connection for no particular reason than the joy of connection ... it is a risk to reveal info ...

foto © r.trepanier ca-nada"> A young girl found herself on the moon. The stars above seemed so close that she reached up with her right hand stretching her arm higher and higher till she plucked one from the sky. The star whispered quietly, "If you place me tight to your heart I'll grant you a wish." Trembling she pressed the talking, magical star to her wildly beating heart, thought carefully and hoping beyond hope wished for a dog. Instantly the most beautiful dalmation she could imagine appeared at her side. Overjoyed and excited she flung the star out into the ocean sky only to see her companion run bounding after it. Just as the star disappeared into the Milky Way the gorgeous black and white spotted dog leapt, caught it and pranced proudly back to the moon. She laughed pulling the slobber covered star from between powerful though gentle clenched teeth. Suddenly an icy chill crept up her back. Turning she saw behind her a most fearful alien. Panic gripped h...

Officials give river art icy reception Jordan Jackle The StarPhoenix Saturday, January 27, 2007 The fire department's water rescue team spent Friday morning retrieving wooden chairs from a frozen portion of the river in the River Landing area.After finding out about the chairs from concerned Saskatoon residents, surface divers used a boat and a rope to crawl onto the ice and remove them. "We found out they were placed there by the Mendel (Art Gallery). It was form of art," said assistant fire Chief Bob Fawcett. It wasn't done by the Mendel Art Gallery, said spokesperson Betsy Rosenwald, but rather an artist with an installation at the gallery. Local artist Michael Hosaluk has an exhibition titled Containment that involves many chairs, she said. "He and some of his cohorts undertook what they call "chairorrist actions" and placed, as part of the exhibition, chairs around Saskatoon," Rosenwald said. "He does consider it part of his exhibition, ...

Manifesto of the Perfect Art Form Today's theater is in crisis. It has lost significance. To imagine a full powerful theater it must bring faith to humanity. We must rediscover a new language-on-theater. The new language-on-theater is not a parasite living on what society has built for Darwinian survival. It is a theater to reawaken our numbed sensibility by retracing the organicity on how to be human. The new language-on-theater is an action and voice in rhythm. First of all, we must destroy the text crafted by the playwright that leaves room for only interpretation or the debatable logic of intellect. Theater is not possibly understood through studies of aesthetics or accomplished by persuading the actor into action. Logical rational argument or reading of the text cannot create a theater. Theater must be composed of an intuitive re-action. Destroying the text, we destroy our enslavement to the text and text as a trap. Non-scripted text is then chosen. The text must be a means fo...

"So what is the process for exercising and stretching the imagination so that that capacity returns?" ( Dave Pollard | How to Save the World | The Process of Imagining ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... an incredibly practical guide ...

Manifesto of the Perfect Art Form Today's theater is in crisis. It has lost significance. To imagine a full powerful theater it must bring faith to humanity. We must rediscover a new language-on-theater. The new language-on-theater is not a parasite living on what society has built for Darwinian survival. It is a theater to reawaken our numbed sensibility by retracing the organicity on how to be human. The new language-on-theater is an action and voice in rhythm. First of all, we must destroy the text crafted by the playwright that leaves room for only interpretation or the debatable logic of intellect. Theater is not possibly understood through studies of aesthetics or accomplished by persuading the actor into action. Logical rational argument or reading of the text cannot create a theater. Theater must be composed of an intuitive re-action. Destroying the text, we destroy our enslavement to the text and text as a trap. Non-scripted text is then chosen. The text must be a means f...

"We all feel that we talked with Kurt, don't we? Which isn't very possible, but it is as necessary as peace." ( AlterNet | Reverend Billy | Reflections on Kurt Vonnegut, a Man of Funny Fearlessness ) "He believed, after all, that literature could play the role of the canary in the coal mine, warning against the suffocation of values. It was the function of literature to be "a slow-acting poison". He had himself been infected by the socialist writers of the 1930s. Now he, in turn, wished to "infect young people with humanity"." ( openDemocracy |Christopher Bigsby | Kurt Vonnegut : a voice for life ) - See: Memorium :: note :: ... been infected since the late '60's ... this poison makes in his own words: "Death is not an acceptable side effect." ... Vonnegut took me on the pilgrimage towards being unstuck in time ... a brilliant critical thinker ...

Chairs on Ice, January 25, by John Penner Not long ago it became known that an artist was fined for leaving chairs on the ice across from the so-called new River Landing development. The self taught wood turner stated this act of "chairorism" was executed by a fellow artist and friend, infamous for his own phallic snow sculpture of a mushroom with a bulbous stem, who canoed to the spot and placed, as an unauthorized part of the Containment Exhibition, four maple chairs on the ice hoping to attract attention to the lack of space at the local Art Gallery and focus awarness of the arts in the community. It was also known this community prided itself as a cultural capital. The Gallery's founder a local meat packer businessman, internationally known as The Ham Man , who built the single largest pork processing plant in the country which specialized in the killing, cutting and value-added processing of hogs and had selected this stunning location alongside the river for a bu...

- See: Theater :: note :: ... reflections on a work ... a work that may be called SleepWork ... entering something from the sleep side ... an incognito glimpse ... unrecognized, hidden, unknown because we judge something of worth is hidden ... SleepWork is hopeful ... SleepWork premises "to awake to a reality more real than the waking world" (Anne Carson | Decreation | 22) ...

- See: Theater :: note :: ... students create Tableaux of moment in "Run" ... explored FASD & more ...

she dreamed ... returning to my homeland for a visit found myself in a strange neighbourhood ... third sister had recently moved to a new area ... she had called giving directions and requested my immediate arrival ... despite repeated calls and detailed instructions the house could not be found ... ... each call added more and more urgency till finally I demanded if I was so close then why wouldn't she simply come out to get me ... further angering me with her hesitancy she continued to talk ... the background noise made listening impossible ... she was occupied with something else while talking and couldn't be understood ... ... angered I pleaded for her to come get me ... she hung up and moments later was standing at a gate motioning me to come ... looking directly & sternly into my eyes through clenched teeth ... "I was trying to tell you - Mother is Dead!" ... peppering her with questions dazed and in shock followed her inside ... "What? Are you...

- See: Theater :: note :: ... took high school drama classes to "Run"... a Nutana Collegiate's Drama production written and directed by Tom Simes a home schooling dad and high school teacher ... an exploration on F.A.S.D. ... a wonderfully human 'message' play full of rich emotions & committed playing ... congrats to Nutana class ... hosted by White Buffalo Youth Lodge ...

"This non-essentialist approach to identity leaves greater scope for analysing individual action with regard to the individual's own culture. The ways in which individuals perceive their culture and give meaning to it are diverse and variable. People are capable of criticizing their cultural habitus and opening themselves up to innovation and supplementation with new cultural elements. This often leads to diverse forms of connections. What is needed for such reflection and innovation, however, is a feeling of security. The general precondition for reflection, therefore, is a safe space." "For people to open themselves up to new ideas and connections, as Taylor points out (5), they need to feel recognized for who they are: social recognition is of paramount importance for human development. This is the only base that would allow people to feel secure enough to question some aspects of their cultural background. The change should come from conviction and a sense of bel...

A slide show will appear here shortly. - See: Terms :: note :: ... testing this slide show from flickr ... treetops from the temple ...

"What to say to a man who tells you he prefers to obey God than to obey men, and who is consequently sure of entering the gates of Heaven by slitting your throat?" - Voltaire - See: Terms :: note :: ... been reading Ian Burma. Murder in Amsterdam... have entered a minefield ... Pascal Bruckner , Necla Kelek and Paul Cliteur & more respond ... am sifting through the thinking which results in being overwhelmed into paralysis ...

See: Images :: note :: ... the hoarfrost touched trees around the temple ... compliment another earlier set ...

- See: Terms :: note :: ... second life ... an educational tool ... some think so ...

Cries Cries of apologies gather dust in hearts land of broken promises land of broken land of broken land of broken promises land of broken hearts land of broken promises land of broken land of broken hearts land of broken promises land of broken land of broken land of broken cries cries of apologies gather dust land of broken land of broken in hearts in hearts land of broken promises - See: Poetry :: note :: ... wrote a Ghinnawa ... |||AS/IS 2||| suggested the structure ... events created the emotion ...

- See: Terms :: note :: ... bless all this year ... year started off with a presentation of Grass Jelly ...

"I know someone who speaks, in his pathetic, ignorant, yet smug and condescending fashion, as if serious were the highest of accolades rather than the most banal of modifiers. As if to call academic work serious were to qualify it in some discernible fashion. He is a stupid man, a parasite only capable of feeding off the conversation with others without offering anything himself. I think of him as a soul wasted because of the hideous personality entrapping it. He venerates the emptiness of seriousness, I'm sure, because of his correct intuition that he lacks understanding, insight, and analytic acuity." ( I cite | I want to be taken seriously ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... will simply quote ... attending the past conference this observation was voiced silently ... great to express however obliquely ...

"Keynote Speaker: Erin Walsh (Sid Buckwold Theatre) All the way from San Francisco, Erin Walsh, training consultant, comes to us with a vast knowledge on topics such as media's impact on children, families and communities, violence against women in the media and video game violence. Erin is a dynamic speaker who has presented to youth groups as well as adults and professionals. She has worked at the National Institute on Media and the Family for the past five years and is a principal architect of the MediaWise movement. " ( Strong Teachers, Strong Families, Strong Communities | STA Convention [pdf link] ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... past days listened to Erin Walsh & Larry McCallum ... mediawise & Traditional First Nations Spirituality ... powerpoint presentations ... stories ... discussion ...

- See: Image :: note :: ... cd cover done ... all pleased ... space was at a premium with the middle hole ...

... with only obligation & sense of duty attended ... then wrote ... No Exit & The Bald Soprano performed on the same evening create a wonderful juxtaposition and exploration of the space between word and action. Even the title Greystone Shorts 4 Evening A (or is it B) makes existential absurdity. Sartre & Ionesco, two French playwrights of now classic stature, challenge student directors to sharpen their understanding of theater history, translate dramatic style into living action and live the question of theatrical conventions in a very practical way. The evening depends on confronting the rejections which Sartre so brilliantly outlines in his 1966 lecture, Myth & Reality in Theater . It is much more than letting a play speak for itself ... it may not make a sound ... it needs to be heard ... Each production must ask the vital question which measures all. Why theater? The modern classics may be anachronisms of quaint, old monuments and yet the inner unity of a comp...

"As long as the outside does not put a value on you it remains outside but when it does put a value on you then it gets inside or rather if the outside puts a value on you then all your inside gets to be outside." ( The world of Gertrude Stein | via wood s lot ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... my own steinism : when I am alone I am not ... when I am not alone I am with you ...

"There isn't an overview, an over message; there are strands and themes and connections and broken links, and a lack of contact in the midst of all sorts of media." ( I cite | Babel ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... directing students i often encouage free association & kind of babel ...

""To understand the work one must move from ontology, (what is art?) to pragmatism (what can art do?). Herein lies a possible revival of avant-garde politics - no longer historically "ahead", nor operating through shock and estrangement, but rather producing works that make things possible right now..."" ( - empyre - | Sharon Daniel ) " ... an artist as not one who continually advances existing vocabularies ( dominant cultural legacies ) but one who is reinscribing existing social-economic imperatives and, subsequently, must then defend the position created by that reinscription." ( - empyre - |Christiane Robbins ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... discussion on a January form ... "What is to be done?" as a quotation of V. I. Lenin's famous book from 1902 with the subtitle "Burning questions to our movement." ... we need skills for a participatory culture to develop sense and sensibility allowing consideration & conte...

"There are secrets that are kept from the public and then there are "public secrets" - secrets that the public chooses to keep safe from itself, like the troubling "don't ask, don't tell." The trick to the public secret is in knowing what not to know. This is the most powerful form of social knowledge. Such shared secrets sustain social and political institutions. The injustices of the war on drugs, the criminal justice system, and the Prison Industrial Complex are "public secrets."" ( Sharon Daniel |Public Secrets | Vector Journal ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... a powerful web essay voicing secrets ... an aporia that gnaws at the core ...

"I use 'ethics' broadly to refer to obligations that present themselves as necessarily to be fulfilled but that are neither forced on one nor enforceable? Ethical resistance involves the individual more than the institution or the population. It may be the basis for an individual's choice of engaging in social or political resistance. Yet it requires a different kind of explanation. For Emmanuel Levinas, ethical resistance is not the attempt to use power against itself, or to mobilize sectors of the population to exert their political power; ethical resistance is instead the resistance of the powerless." ( Critical Resistance |David Hoy ) - See: Terms :: note :: ... seeing in frames of power & struggles ... an alternative is testimony, witness, create context, conversations, narrative and evidence ...

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"You can't step twice into the same river, wrote Heracleitus, "for fresh waters are ever flowing in upon you." Memories, images, and written words preserve only the residue." ( Village Voice | Dance | Vanishing Acts by Deborah Jowitt ) - See: Artists :: note :: ... review of Meredith Monk's music-theater work Impermanence ... the words of Heracleitus continually haunt ... as the term ends for my high school students the strong undercurrents stir the riverbed deposits deep ... saw monk in venice (the travelogue series) decades ago at the beginnings of my travels ... so much to be open to i thought & still think ...

"Divine music is one of the highest mercies extended to us by God. It is as powerful as prayer itself. The potency of sacred music has in certain instances superceded the curative properties of medicine, mantra, and affirmations. This is due to the heart's principle of love, purity, and innate receptivity. Often, the mind that knows the use of recitation and affirmations, at times has found that little value results when it exhaustedly abandons the constant repetition. Divine music is a curative virtue; it is a gift from God that brings healing and comfort to the soul. This music can uplift one's spirit up to a higher dimension of being that is filled with peace and joy. Divine music is the sound of true life, wisdom, and bliss. This music transcends geographical boundaries, language barriers, age factors; and whether educated or uneducated, it reaches deep into the heart and soul, sacred and holy, like an Infinite sound of glory entering the Lord's sanctuary....

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- See: Image :: note :: ... new beginnings on epiphany ...

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Gustin House is pleased to announce the 2007 Recital Series! Soprano Ileana Montalbetti, and pianist Kathleen Lohrenz Gable perform songs and arias by Bellini, Berlioz, Puccini, Richard Strauss and others. Friday, January 5, 7:30 p.m., Grace-Westminster United Church, Saskatoon. - See: Artist :: note :: ... be splendid & fine ...