Thursday, July 07, 2005
And so "they" have done it again...the wretched monsters who like to blow things up have blown up some subways and busses in London, yesterday, and people have died. TO see a London City bus, one of the famous red double-deckers,blown in half, and remembering how not long ago we were riding on them ourselves,sobers me into remembering we live in a savage world indeed....one that can harm us all, any hour of the night or day. Buddhism indeed has it right: we live in a flawed and disappointing world, where the only thing to be sure of is the stunning meaninglessness of it all....
On a brighter note: my dear old pal Mark Lamos has offered to get us his House Seats for his AS YOU LIKE IT in Central park, so I look forward to seeing that soon, before it closes on July 17th....it was good to chat with him online this morning, though the news of London makes us both sad...we will hope to have a drink on the 14th...
Heard from darling Cathy Lowe ,a friend from Abingdon who also happens to be the best hairstylist I have ever had the good fortune to sit in the chair of...she and her dear husband may be coming our way in September, and hopefully will stay in our Blue Room...I will enjoy that visit very very much. Hopefully, also, I will have gotten to Abingdon for a visit by then.
Teaching went well yesterday...one of my favorite things in life is to see those little (invisible) lightbulbs turn on above the heads of each student as they see the possibility of a new world for their talents...they "get" something, as we work, and the delight of the discovery shows so openly on their faces....makes me feel so good.For them and for me as well. It never fails that these realizations have something to do with their personal growth, not just their expansion as actors. A freeing of something that was trapped long ago...or the realization that their brains are far more capable and subtle than they had ever before thought.
I am driving Upstate for the day. The skies are grey, but the air is cool.
On a brighter note: my dear old pal Mark Lamos has offered to get us his House Seats for his AS YOU LIKE IT in Central park, so I look forward to seeing that soon, before it closes on July 17th....it was good to chat with him online this morning, though the news of London makes us both sad...we will hope to have a drink on the 14th...
Heard from darling Cathy Lowe ,a friend from Abingdon who also happens to be the best hairstylist I have ever had the good fortune to sit in the chair of...she and her dear husband may be coming our way in September, and hopefully will stay in our Blue Room...I will enjoy that visit very very much. Hopefully, also, I will have gotten to Abingdon for a visit by then.
Teaching went well yesterday...one of my favorite things in life is to see those little (invisible) lightbulbs turn on above the heads of each student as they see the possibility of a new world for their talents...they "get" something, as we work, and the delight of the discovery shows so openly on their faces....makes me feel so good.For them and for me as well. It never fails that these realizations have something to do with their personal growth, not just their expansion as actors. A freeing of something that was trapped long ago...or the realization that their brains are far more capable and subtle than they had ever before thought.
I am driving Upstate for the day. The skies are grey, but the air is cool.
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