October 2010
6 posts
“Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”
– Caterina Fake (via @hooey)
“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as...”
– Oscar Wilde
“I’ve always believed that the poem inside is perfect; I have a very clumsy...”
– Carolyn Kizer via @ParisReview
“To feel inspired essentially means to realize I Can because You Do.”
– Jan Verwoert in his essay Exhaustion and Exuberance: Ways to Defy the Pressure to Perform, found via the Association for Independents in Radio
“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.”
– John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)
“The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are...”
– Charles DuBois, Belgian author and naturalist, via @Kripalu
“In fact, one of the paradoxes of improv is that you have to try very hard in...”
– http://www.thepointmag.com/archive/everything-alright/
September 2010
5 posts
East Village Among America's 25 Most Expensive... →
Wowza.
“…it’s trusting yourself. That you have something good to say, and that...”
– Laurie Anderson, via FREEwilliamsburg
Are Distractible People More Creative? →
August 2010
1 post
July 2010
24 posts
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Graffiti Artist with Lou Gehrigs Disease Draws... →
The eye-tracking software is the third of three projects artist Zach Lieberman showcases in this video. All three are interesting, but the eye-tracking piece knocked my socks off.
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“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that...”
– Douglas Adams
Lost Dog in DC Area
Lost dog. Last seen Mt. Rainier MD 7/17. Just home from shelter.
Contact: mollywtx@yahoo.com
Photo: http://twitpic.com/26bpa6
The oil spill is under control – now it's time to... →
From The Guardian
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WatchI love this video.
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Dear Diary: A Peek Inside the Pages of Our Lives →
From NPR’s Hidden World of Girls project
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“..Creative people, for the most part, exhibit active moods & positive...”
– “The Creativity Crisis,” a Newsweek article by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
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“I do write in my head everyday — I’m tempted to say all the time.”
– Shirley Hazzard
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Are We All Becoming Freelancers? →
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“Tension in your buttocks makes you stupid.”
– Kristin Linklater, quoted in a NYTimes article about arts-based training for World Economic Forum fellows. The goal of the program: teach fellows “the techniques that actors employ to hold an audience’s attention.”
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“I think that what a lot of artists do are acts of self-medication, in the chaos,...”
– Vikram Jayanti
“Will saying “yes” lead you to doing some foolish things? Yes it will. But don’t...”
– Stephen Colbert, June 2006 commencement address at Knox College
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“A woman must be careful to not allow over-responsibility (or...”
– Clarissa Pinkola Estes (via michellemaddensmith and pixie)
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June 2010
35 posts
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“Which do you want? The pain of staying where you are, or the pain of growth?
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– Judith Lasater, A Year of Living Your Yoga
Twitter Affects Brain Like Falling in Love →
Thanks to Greg Tindale for sending this story my way
Creative Types, Learning to Be Business-Minded →
Street Pianos. Cool. →
Thx to Jordan for telling me about this!
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“If you step away from the processes that make things happen, you fall into the...”
– Chris Brogan, in an article on his website titled “The Vital Importance of Labs”
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WatchI’m going to a rooftop screening of this on Friday in the Lower East Side with Jordan and our friend Christina, who’ll be visiting from DC. Very excited!
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The Tortured Life of a Comedian
I saw “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work” last night. It was a really well-done film about a really complex woman - someone who is crass, warm, gifted, tireless, self-hating, and kind of brilliant. It left me thinking about what it is that drives us to perform - a certain neurosis and need for applause, and yet that’s too simple; there’s also love involved, at least for...
amandahirsch.com →
Did you know I have a personal website all about my artistic and professional pursuits?
WELL I DO!
Saints be praised!!
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11-year-old Girl Uses Art to Help Birds in the... →
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“Studying improvisation changed my life. The rules of improvisation appeal to me...”
– Tina Fey (via cheia) (via lizlemon—) (via uprightcitizens)
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Another Reason to Love Amy Poehler →
Amy Poehler (founding member of Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre NY, where I’m currently a student) has a reputation among improvisers of being, well, awesome - not just funny (which she is), but a player focused on making other players look brilliant. That level of support, and selflessness, is rare. Now she’s one of the driving forces behind “Smart Girls at the Party,” a...