What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? Well, don’t we all? Doesn’t the desire for longevity flow through te veins and neurons of almost all humans? Aren’t we fascinated by vampires and other immortal creatures for exactly that reason—we all want to live forever? Of course, our genes haveContinue reading “Who Wants To Be Immortal?”
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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”
Cliches To Live By
What principles define how you live? Shakespeare used serious elements in his comedies to make them more realistic, and added comic elements to his tragedies to heighten (or deepen) the gravity of the action. We see a strong example of this in the Scottish play with the Porter, who plays at being Hell’s doorman; it’sContinue reading “Cliches To Live By”