Do we have to stay consistently informed about everything? Do we have to focus on every little minute detail about the clashing of society’s impractical cognitive dissonance? We have seemed to have lost not thinking about anything and just sitting in stillness. Our eyes don’t always have to be glued to some screen of preconceivedContinue reading “Turn off the noise.”
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Chu The Cud
Just the meat. No gristle. If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?
Emerson College
What colleges have you attended? After working in family business for a decade, I decided one day to pursue a dream of mine and take an acting class at the local community college. I was bitten and started a journey that I am still on today. I loved college and performing. I graduated with highestContinue reading “Emerson College”
The uncertainties of foresight.
Is your life today what you pictured a year ago? My life isn’t what I pictured from my most creative outlook decades ago let alone a year ago. Much to our chagrin, we aren’t in control of what tomorrow will be or whether we will have a tomorrow. So how can one even consider theContinue reading “The uncertainties of foresight.”
The keen humor of Norman Lear.
Norman Lear was an artist that used the rich tapestry of language, fostering diverse communication and challenging conventional boundaries. Every subject was fair game, regardless of its controversial nature. Never shying away from challenging preconceived stereotypes while still incorporating those same stereotypes into his characters and writing. Because he was about truth. He wrote aboutContinue reading “The keen humor of Norman Lear.”
Taking a moment
In this time of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder that many of us have been unaware of, how many take a moment to look at the moon and meditate on it? Enjoy a sunrise? Melt into a sunset? That’s just a few examples. Always in a rush to get somewhere and get something done so weContinue reading “Taking a moment”
Practical wisdom.
To bite into a piece of fruit and find it dried out, will shape your expectations of the fruit depending on your experience with the fruit. However, if you have bitten into that piece of fruit before and it was juicy and delicious, you will have an openness to consuming it again. But, if it’sContinue reading “Practical wisdom.”
The tragedy of genius.
Genius a word thrown around like pollen in the wind. A word once uttered indiscriminately, occasionally, infrequently from time to time when it actually meant something, a creative mind and intelligence. One who spent a career accomplishing something profound and significant. The relativity of gravity, the creation of electricity, flight, transportation and on. People justContinue reading “The tragedy of genius.”
The art of listening
I remember in acting class we were assigned a role to perform with two or more people. In the beginning, I noticed people highlighting only their parts with a highlighter. Just memorizing what they are going to say. I worked with a director once who discouraged this process of memorization in a play and forContinue reading “The art of listening”
Mother Earth
Mother Nature you are indeed a remarkable force, what more can one ask of you? You have created the trees and seas so that we could breathe fresh air while providing us pleasant water for nourishment. You originated a climate we can live, move freely and prosper from. You sprinkled assorted minerals into the dirtContinue reading “Mother Earth”
