If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? Joseph Campbell writes of the wise old man or woman who greets the hero early on in their journey and serves as a guide. Someone (Rust!) commented on one of my posts that I should play the wise old janitor in a film. So let’sContinue reading “The Wise Old Janitor”
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The Big 3
Who are the biggest influences in your life? During my Basic Terms lecture for my Intro to Theatre course, I would mention, during the course of talking about Ritual and Archetype, “my three heroes.” The first of these heroes was Joseph Campbell, whom I quoted as having called a ritual, “The enactment of a Myth.”Continue reading “The Big 3”
Top 10 Movies
What are your top ten favorite movies? Asking for a top ten list of movies is a bit daunting—you see, I write my daily blog entry during my first cup of coffee and I’m not capable of higher order thinking this early. But I will give you my top three. Incidentally, for a film class,Continue reading “Top 10 Movies”
Favorite Childhood Book?
Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? Looking at this prompt, I find I am hard-pressed to remember any specific books from my childhood. I know I read a lot—a practice that would continue into my adolescence and early adulthood—including the Hardy Boys books, but I can’t pick out a singular volume. When thisContinue reading “Favorite Childhood Book?”
Advice?
List the people you admire and look to for advice… This is a difficult prompt. “List the people you admire and look to for advice?” Well… That seems to be two different categories. There are a lot of people I admire, but I don’t have access for communication. Many are dead; Charlie Chaplin, Joseph Campbell,Continue reading “Advice?”
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