Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

reflections in every still surface
like memories fallen at our own feet
broken into shards of recollection
pieces of what was
snapshots are all that remains
and the patience of a spider.

home for christmas... a few more views of british columbia ... but south-westerly, where it's still autumn in december ... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/Vaselina/christmas%202005/100_0992.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/Vaselina/christmas%202005/100_0983.jpg http://img.photobucket....

blue poet hearts
soaring beyond the capacity
of prepubescent bodies
spirits extend fathoms above
the reach of baby fat thighs
lavender with their newness
plush with virginity
but hungry for the first time
with the eager, determined hearts
of dancers.

heartbreaking, heartbreaking, heartbreaking. an unbelievable and cruel tragedy these families have been put through. even our newspaper here in vancouver proclaims the joyous miracle of "12 miners found alive!" but then i sit down to check my email, and there on the 'net ... well, what an absolute s...

i hereby resolve
to practice caution in speech
but never in thought.

i hereby resolve
to work more in paint and wood
than i do in word.

i hereby resolve
to spend much less time alone
and more with myself.

yes, a distant foggy dream ... it comes from reading mnaz's conjurings, and from being addicted to this...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... =tap+dance

flowers broken through stone walls
showering new fields with seasonal aroma
victorious, unstoppable
God created.

young girls dancing in shades of blue
burst out of hidden postures
victorious, unstoppable
God created.

and then there is this, which is simply heartbreakingly beautiful...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... =tap+dance

tap dance frenzy...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... =tap+dance

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... =tap+dance

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... =tap+dance

robot dance...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 05&q=dance

things do fall apart
but in the restructuring
strength becomes greater.

fresh haircut and a bottle of my dad's homemade rhubarb wine.

i started 2005 off right, by ending my marriage officially on January 1st. this New Years Day will be my 1 year anniversary - with myself! (and frankly, i prefer the company.) directed my very first play, Oscar Wilde's Salomé. even designed the set and choreographed a bellydance for it. sold out on ...

1. i hope i get a summer job in theatre. 2. i hope i find a new apartment close to school that i can afford. 3. i hope to venture out on my first multi-day hikes. 4. i hope the whole world finds peace, happiness, safety, equality, medical care, and free expression within their own borders. 5. i hope...

i guess that's why i've devoted my life to building fun worlds. one fun world after another. and i can't think of a single thing more worthwhile to do with my life.