Is your life today what you pictured a year ago? A year ago I thought I would be starting a new theatre company (I did, on May 1), and then there would be this magical sweep into projects and performances. It didn’t happen. Taking the time to build the structure has been useful, and now,Continue reading “This Year…And the Next…”
Tag Archives: Faust
Skydiving
What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail. There are few guarantees in this life. They say Death and Taxes are the main ones, and you can finagle the latter depending on where you live. Cheating Death is a little more difficult. Since I’m not an extreme risk-taker, skydiving has neverContinue reading “Skydiving”
Certainties…
List 10 things you know to be absolutely certain. When I was growing up, people commonly proclaimed two things: 1) Never talk about politics or religion. 2) The only things certain are death and taxes. Now we are constantly subjected to people’s religious and political views. That may be the only certainty that I canContinue reading “Certainties…”
Theatre. VR. Virtual Theatre.
On what subject(s) are you an authority? Since I have spent the last 46 years participating in every aspect of theatre, from acting to design to directing, I would have to say that I am an authority on Theatre. I’ve always concentrated in directing, whether as a student or as faculty, and that would beContinue reading “Theatre. VR. Virtual Theatre.”
Go, Go, Goethe!
Who is your favorite historical figure? Frequent readers of my blog will know exactly who my favorite historical figure is. And others will probably know, too, since I gave it away in my title. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is best known for writing Faust (Parts One and Two), but there was so much more toContinue reading “Go, Go, Goethe!”
Quote Me!
Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? Thinking about quotations I live by, I come up with three: from Goethe, from life, and from me. The first comes from Goethe’s Faust. I’ve often commented on how I find that work inspiring. Even in retirement, I find myself unableContinue reading “Quote Me!”
Deep Fake Boob-AI-ies [Maybe NSFW]
A few years ago, I wrote Virtual Obsession. In this work, that follows the structure of Goethe’s Faust, a college professor discovers that one of the students in his Faust seminar works as a cam girl and that, as he becomes more involved with her, realizes that she is not his Gretchen or Helen (aspectsContinue reading “Deep Fake Boob-AI-ies [Maybe NSFW]”
Who Could I Be Now?
If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? As with so many of my titles, I have misquoted a song lyric, this time by Men at Work. I frequently supply new lyrics to songs, and one time a student said to me in a rough and gratingContinue reading “Who Could I Be Now?”
TOS!
What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times? I’ve watched Star Trek: The Original Series so many times I can usually guess the episode in the first 20 seconds. Sure, it has cheesy special effects, but I would love to live in that version of the Federation. Plus the show oftenContinue reading “TOS!”
Faust: Ever Striving
My encounters with literature, whether dramatic or narrative, have been wide-ranging. From the briefest (the poems of Richard Brautigan, as tightly constructed as any haiku) to the epic works of Neal Stephenson and Thomas Pynchon (I read Gravity’s Rainbow three times), my reading list has been extensive. Of course I’ve only scratched the surface ofContinue reading “Faust: Ever Striving”
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