Posts in ‘ Spirituality ’
Last week I began a practice for its own sake. I’ve rented a studio for two hours each tuesday evening to work. Not to work on a product or show or technique but to work on practice. To work on presence. To see what I need as a body, a voice, in order to be ... [ READ MORE ]
AN INVITATION FROM THE YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE: Dear friends, I am writing to invite you to come with me on an extraordinary musical journey to the historical land of Andalusia, where Jews, Muslims, Christians and Gypsies created the fiery Andalusi and Flamenco music and dance styles. THIS JUNE, we will spend time with the Gypsy musicians and ... [ READ MORE ]
(translated with assistance from Francesca Netto and Ben Spatz) NOTES FROM THE YARD OF NON-THEATER (Part 1) “In the beginning was the word.” So begins the Book, and with the Book begins the era of writing. For long centuries, the Book has been the Truth. Today the word – the books – are mainly lies, ways of ... [ READ MORE ]
For a long time, the gap between my living experience as a performer and my ability to fully and accurately articulate the elements of performance has bothered me. Subsequent to my last post, a very interesting dialogue occurred between noform and myself, and it got me thinking (again) about how to better articulate my own ... [ READ MORE ]
Occurring daily, it begins in stillness and silence, the body seated on a smooth, steady ground. Only breathing, and that, fully, one with the blood that circulates within oneself, the doer’s mind at rest, intent only on the experience to breathe – The Breath, the first pillar of practice. Each breath in, each breath out, ... [ READ MORE ]
The notion of creative practice can be approached from many angles. I hope that as this discussion forum grows, the concept of creative practice will be elaborated in different ways. To begin with, however, I want to pose a series of questions as “starting points” for a consideration of creative practice. These are simply the ... [ READ MORE ]
Creative Practice forum (CPf) is a new space for artists and practitioners to share ideas and information about their work.