Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ~Dalai Lama
Friday, April 29, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Daily Thoughts
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. ~Victor Hugo
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Daily Thoughts
If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life. ~ Leo Tolstoy
Monday, April 18, 2011
Daily Thoughts
Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation. ~Tennessee Williams
Friday, April 15, 2011
Daily Thoughts
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.~ Henry Ellis
Thursday, April 14, 2011
A Journey Worth the Taking
On her blog Purple Sage Post, Amy Luskey Barth, a noted theatre educator, has written a wonderful and evocative post about the strange and layered journey of the final days before opening a musical:
Those who teach only from a text book likely have little notion of the multitude of odd details that the Teaching Artist must weave together. As we lead our students on their journey, our work and the students' work is often entertwined as we labor together to create something beautful. The learning happens in the midst of this work as mistakes are made, problems solved and dreams finally realized.
Read all of Amy's post here: Purple Sage Post
"The show comes together in pieces. Ragged and fragile. Both. Everyone with their share of the responsibility. Actors remember to pre-set your props, take the tags off your costumes. We need a different leotard for the dove. What is that shadow on the Father's robe? It has too big a hem in it. Noah's beard is overwhelming him. Father's mustache is too shiny. Where do we stash the mini flashlights? Someone comes up with an idea to attach a big safety pin to each costume. Brilliant. Problem solved."
Those who teach only from a text book likely have little notion of the multitude of odd details that the Teaching Artist must weave together. As we lead our students on their journey, our work and the students' work is often entertwined as we labor together to create something beautful. The learning happens in the midst of this work as mistakes are made, problems solved and dreams finally realized.
Read all of Amy's post here: Purple Sage Post
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Daily Thoughts
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. ~George Bernard Shaw
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Daily Thoughts
Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice. ~Ethel Merman
Friday, April 1, 2011
Daily Thoughts
I do not want to go until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me. ~Kathe Kollwitz
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