Today was the perfect ending to a trying week.
The best kept secret of northern Colorado is southern Wyoming. One hour north of Ft. Collins on highway 287 is a small unassuming town that holds the University of Wyoming.
Today, my sister Kelly and I went to see my niece act in a play at the University of Wyoming drama department and it was spectacular. This is not the bragging of a proud aunt, although I am. Unfortunately it was the last performance. It was amazing.
We arrived early enough to get good seats, lucky for us because it was a packed house. As we sat there, I admired the creative and innovative stage set. It looked like a work of art and so it was. The lights went down and I could not have ever predicted the treat I was in for. This play, "Distracted" touched every sense.
My aesthed got fed.
It was a total experience. The script was magnificent, the actors were top shelf, totally in character and the direction and production was beyond expectation.
I was moved.
The play "Distracted," Lisa Loomer's dark comedy about a contemporary family struggling with a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and whether medication is the answer.
"Distracted" revolves around one family's attempt to help their nine-year-old son who's behaviors are getting him into trouble at school and at home. His teacher thinks that he has ADHD, his psychiatrist thinks he needs medication, his dad thinks he's just being a boy and his mom is searching for answers.
This Off-Broadway hit by Lisa Loomis, the author of "Girl, Interrupted" and "The Waiting Room".
Director- Leigh Selting
Mama- Noelia Antweiler
Dad- Sean Patrick Higgins
Jesse- Daniel Skinner
Vera- Amber McNew
Sherry- Kim Lockhart
Natalie- Kat Cordes
Zavala/ Carolyn/ Waitress- Erin Rooney (my niece)
Broder/ Jinks/ Karnes/ Actor- Jason Niedbalski
My only regret was that everyone I know and everyone I don't know didn't see it.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
fell madly in love at first sight
the angels placed you in my arms.
i looked down on your small delicate charms,
and fell madly in love at first sight.
under a spell i tumbled,
as though cupids arrow had pierced my empty heart,
rising victoriously with your named part.
i gasped and grasped for this hostage hearts plight.
for you see,i fell madly in love at first sight.
after that moment we were inseparable.
together we were,day and night.
you needed me,and i most certainly needed you.
like a fierce lioness,i guarded you too.
feeling your every discomfort,
as though someone had salted the wound of cupids arrow,
gasping and grasping my hostage hearts plight.
because there was no doubt,i had fallen madly in love at first sight.
as you grew through thick and thin.
i saw that you were not as fragile within.
and i felt a sigh of relief escape,
but not so of my heart,
with every minute,every day,every year
our bond grew more loyal,and with every tear
waiting for what was to come what might.
i had fallen madly in love at first sight.
all that i was,i placed at your feet.
hoping to give you the benefit of my successes and my defeats.
dreaming great dreams for you and me.
stumbling and falling from what i wanted you to see.
i had to concede to my humanity,
and sometimes i was ashamed for you to see the real me.
the truth i could not hide or fight,
because i had fallen madly in love at first sight.
we traveled the low road and then we came to the high,
together we remained, together in flight.
i started to take for granted that we would always be together,
after all we were the same flesh,the same bone,birds of a feather,
and we had come to understand through hindsight.
but you stretched your wings preparing for flight,
how could that be,how could you see,
that i had fallen madly in love at first sight.
now the moment of truth stood looking me in the eye.
i wanted to fight and i didn't want you to fly.
for my heart was yours from the moment we met.
my plan was not this,and my jaw was set.
then the angel came down with a message from me,
letting go,was the only love that the future would see.
i wept large tears-of sorrow and joy,
and said good bye to my daughters and The Boy.
for once and for all i had fallen madly in love with you at first sight.
i looked down on your small delicate charms,
and fell madly in love at first sight.
under a spell i tumbled,
as though cupids arrow had pierced my empty heart,
rising victoriously with your named part.
i gasped and grasped for this hostage hearts plight.
for you see,i fell madly in love at first sight.
after that moment we were inseparable.
together we were,day and night.
you needed me,and i most certainly needed you.
like a fierce lioness,i guarded you too.
feeling your every discomfort,
as though someone had salted the wound of cupids arrow,
gasping and grasping my hostage hearts plight.
because there was no doubt,i had fallen madly in love at first sight.
as you grew through thick and thin.
i saw that you were not as fragile within.
and i felt a sigh of relief escape,
but not so of my heart,
with every minute,every day,every year
our bond grew more loyal,and with every tear
waiting for what was to come what might.
i had fallen madly in love at first sight.
all that i was,i placed at your feet.
hoping to give you the benefit of my successes and my defeats.
dreaming great dreams for you and me.
stumbling and falling from what i wanted you to see.
i had to concede to my humanity,
and sometimes i was ashamed for you to see the real me.
the truth i could not hide or fight,
because i had fallen madly in love at first sight.
we traveled the low road and then we came to the high,
together we remained, together in flight.
i started to take for granted that we would always be together,
after all we were the same flesh,the same bone,birds of a feather,
and we had come to understand through hindsight.
but you stretched your wings preparing for flight,
how could that be,how could you see,
that i had fallen madly in love at first sight.
now the moment of truth stood looking me in the eye.
i wanted to fight and i didn't want you to fly.
for my heart was yours from the moment we met.
my plan was not this,and my jaw was set.
then the angel came down with a message from me,
letting go,was the only love that the future would see.
i wept large tears-of sorrow and joy,
and said good bye to my daughters and The Boy.
for once and for all i had fallen madly in love with you at first sight.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Astrological earthquake reported
As many of you may have heard, the astrological community has reported drastic changes that apparently set astrology, as we have known it, on its ear. And me on shaky ground. I am not one of those people that every move is determined by the horoscope report in the newspaper or the Internet, but I definitely subscribe the the magnetic influences of the moon and stars.
I don't have television, so much of the current events come to me via the oral tradition. The other night, one of my fellow Gemini brought me the news about the astrological tremors rippling through the news. I'm no longer a Gemini? I'm now a Taurus? There is a new sign to fill in the gaps?
Recently I have taken up the study of great historical artists and writing about the influences of my studies on my creative journey. So by necessity, I have been delving into history in general. While I don't have the solution to the astrological problem of reconciling the shifted access of the earth and the effect that has on astrology as we know it, it is airily similar to the discovery that the earth was not flat, but round. The first conclusion was that the sun and stars were rotating around us, earth. But as we all know know that was a misnomer.
There is no way I am a Taurus, even though there are many traits I envy, and wish I possessed of the many Taureans I know and love.
I think they need to work harder at the solution instead of the easy fix, the instant gratification and use their imaginations to seek a deeper answer.
When I am painting, when I am creating, sometimes I have to dive deep to create what the canvas is calling out to say. At the point of execution, I have to reach deep into all of my experience to fulfill the destiny of the work, calling on history and experience and imagination.
I don't have television, so much of the current events come to me via the oral tradition. The other night, one of my fellow Gemini brought me the news about the astrological tremors rippling through the news. I'm no longer a Gemini? I'm now a Taurus? There is a new sign to fill in the gaps?
Recently I have taken up the study of great historical artists and writing about the influences of my studies on my creative journey. So by necessity, I have been delving into history in general. While I don't have the solution to the astrological problem of reconciling the shifted access of the earth and the effect that has on astrology as we know it, it is airily similar to the discovery that the earth was not flat, but round. The first conclusion was that the sun and stars were rotating around us, earth. But as we all know know that was a misnomer.
There is no way I am a Taurus, even though there are many traits I envy, and wish I possessed of the many Taureans I know and love.
I think they need to work harder at the solution instead of the easy fix, the instant gratification and use their imaginations to seek a deeper answer.
When I am painting, when I am creating, sometimes I have to dive deep to create what the canvas is calling out to say. At the point of execution, I have to reach deep into all of my experience to fulfill the destiny of the work, calling on history and experience and imagination.
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