Archive for March, 2009

On Rocking
March 22, 2009

Went well, surprisingly enough. I never mentioned it on here, but there is something quite astounding about starting something up. It’s a new territory, at least for myself. Filled with mistakes, miracles and over-enthusiasm. Suddenly I found myself nervous to be on stage, to have everything go right. Not everything did but it felt so [...]

March Twenty-First
March 21, 2009

Eventually a point must be reached where there is no distinguishing between say a film, play or story set in Liège, Belgium and Portland, Maine. For a good portion of my life I have been falsely inflicted by a handicap of geography. To myself and a lot of my friends and colleagues Maine has [...]

Two
March 20, 2009

As soon as Milos put pen to paper he was struck by the staggering importance of the moment and what he was about to write. It was certain to be brilliant but just how brilliant he could not be sure.
As he took his time to ponder this, a second thought emerged. Milos slowly became aware [...]

One
March 20, 2009

Standing tiptoe to see over the low line of trees and looking over the hills and valleys Milos could see glowing lights from each little city and village. He began counting them reflexively when a thought pounced from the far corner of his brain: What if each light didn’t have to correspond to a village or habitation? He [...]

10 Books
March 19, 2009

“Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett. I know, it seems so pretentious, but it is my favorite. It is my favorite favorite. Beckett, standing on the pier at Dún Laoghaire with his epiphany is one of the reasons I get excited whenever I’m alone on the waterfront before a storm.
“The Yale Shakespeare Complete Works” by [...]

A Question Arises
March 4, 2009

If existence precedes essence what comes of Whitehead’s eternal objects? Are eternal obects presupposed or do they infact exist outside of what we know? Are these objects instead an inheritance that we recieve from some racial memory? We are taught that a table is a table and are able to recognize properties the most basic [...]