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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Last of the Bull of Knossos: masks

There were three essential masks for this production. You can see them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Charlie has a full videotape of the show, and plans to put it up on Youtube. I'll let you know when he does. Meanwhile, it is a lovely day here with temps in the mid-60sF, and the ice has gone from my driveway at last, and most other places. The little birds who nearly emptied the tube bird feeder during the hard freeze are not around so much. Madame LaDarque shows up at least... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, December 16, 2013

The excerpts of the show are now available.

I've sent a few out, but now I'm wondering how they might be added on here. Can anyone help with this? It took literal hours to load them to Google Drive, another new thing I never asked for. I mean to get some still shots of the masks and some of the props, then those will be up on Flickr. Meanwhile, it is 5pm-ish and the sun is going down on a warmish day--we have a few more of those promised, until it gets chilly again by the end of the week. Pike's Peak is silhouetted against the dark blue... Sign in to see full entry.

The Bull of Knossos -- part 3 The Players

I am loading some excerpts of the show, but they are much too long for Flickr, so I must use other means, namely Google Drive, and will email the links when they are up. If you'd like to see, email me so I have your email address. The Players, portrayed by seven student actors, are: Athenean Maids and Youths Theseus Palace guards (2) King Minos, Queen Passifae, Princess Ariadne Daedalus The Fates--three of them Nemesis The Labyrinth Walls (4 of them) The Minotaur. There are also a Sound... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

The Bull of Knossos -- part 2: The Black Box

The space is a room defined by curtain walls and a ceiling of pipes from which lights are rigged. It's all black: curtains, walls, floor and ceiling, and it is limited in size, hence the term for such a space: the Black Box. A Black Box is simply a space in which a stage or set can be built or not; seating is arranged however it suits the production. Without a show, it is merely a black and empty cube. As the audience gathers, there is music, a bit exotic, though not janglingly Greek... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 13, 2013

The Bull of Knossos

It's a devised performance, a kind of experimental theater in which the actors work without a script. They begin with a story, and in rehearsals, find ways to convey it, ways new and original. It is very much a co-creative experience with ideas flowing from all the players. This one began a few years ago with discussions of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Charlie discovered Mary Renault's books based on that myth: THE KING MUST DIE and THE BULL FROM THE SEA. She interpreted the myth cycle... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Well, I'm back...

I've reveled in reading some of the blogs and bloggers I've missed the past couple of weeks, and will be reading more shortly. A big thanks and tip o' the big feathered hat to all of you who kept in touch by email during the Blackout! The Great Arctic Freeze has relented, it is in the 50sF today, and balmy even with snow and ice still on the ground, especially where the sun don't shine. It's a relief to turn the heat low again, and not hear it coming on, burning money, every 20 minutes. Our... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 25, 2013

Pitchforks and Hammer-handles

Years ago, when Charlie was in high school, he used to walk every day to school, about a mile and a half or maybe two. He liked walking. He'd walk in any weather. One day, a car pulled up beside him, and the man inside, who happened to be one of our Washington State legislators, took the time to tell Charlie how he admired him for walking each and every day, even when "it's raining pitchforks and hammer-handles!" And that's where the name of his band came from. Sign in to see full entry.

Dark passage behind the moon...

Two days from now, so they say, my blogit account closes. If you miss me, there is plenty to read in the past postings of every thread, and plenty of links to photos in Flickr, too. Email, too. I'll have those two weeks to feed Madame LaDarque and all the birds that have been showing up. There is the deal I made with my landlord, that I will paint the ugly garage to make that space more respectible, and take the cost of paint and supplies off next month's rent. If the weather warms a bit, I will... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Medusa

This is the last of my mythic poems, so far, and my favorite of the bunch. It came out of researching the demi-god, Medusa--I forget why I needed to--and discovering surprising things. Kindly pardon the final exercise of poetic license: It does get the point across. MEDUSA O maid, you once were lovely, full of grace, and named for Wisdom in eternal female form-- Metis, Maat, Medha the names you bore... But the passing generations, reshaping and restructuring the norm, made you over as a thing to... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Did someone mention Venus...?

On The Half-Shell Out of the sea on rising foam Venus emerges, makes herself at home, and the Gods all pause a moment to look and admire and plan... and their canny brains cook... The Goddesses, too-- they look and they see a sister to them and a rival-to-be... For the proper attentions, there must always be, to Wisdom, and to Fidelity. And Discord smiles to see this birth: Her job's secure forever on Earth! Sign in to see full entry.

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