To Errol is Human

The pain, agony, frustration and despair of this recent tragedy well expressed by this hand sculpted by Rodan. Now, many ask, "What can be done? I continue to go back to the necessity for our culture to face its shadow. This tragic event was a vivid and too painful example of shadow expressing itself big time! I believe the best way for us to face our shadow is through arts, entertainment and media. People need to be "tricked" into facing that shadow. Laughter is probably the best way, which is why I have been focusing on developing a program where the shadow is revealed through comedy and art. Once the shadow is acknowledged, then readily available steps can be taken to release it and to shift to a creative approach to life. Creativity and imagination are what will ultimately enable us to invent whatever means are required to shift attitudes and behaviors I'd be very interested in other ideas, but as of now, this is still the best I ca...

    I had two mentors in my early theatrical career in the early sixties. One was my acting teacher and the other was my dance teacher. Both of these women told me, "All art is in the transition." Getting from here to there.      That perspective has served me well as an artist and in life. Now, I am calling upon that insight once again as my partner, Rochelle, and I face a dramatic transition.     We are being asked to move by our mortgage company. Well maybe "asked" is downplaying it a bit. Nevertheless, here we are both in our 7th decade and we have to take our stuff  (what we decide to keep) and go somewhere else.     Right now we don't know where we're going.  While this situation, which includes having very limited income, might engender fear  (it certainly does in many of the people we tell about it--one of people's worst fears is running out of money and being homeless), we are choosing to ...

HOW TO LAUGH YOUR AGE OFF AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT! Rochelle and I are on a mission to laugh our age off because…… When it gets right down to it, what is most important to you? Your health? Your family? Security? Fun? Pleasure? Making a difference? Joy? Service? Living a long vital life? Your children? Your grand children and their health and well being? The older we get the more the long healthy vital life takes precedent over everything else (except your children’s children, of course) Don’t you want to be that positive force in the lives of your family, friends and neighbors as all of you grow older? These are the real issues behind “ Laugh Your Age Off,” because every time we can laugh at what bugs us about ourselves, about our limitations, about aging, about pain and loss, we instantly become a more joyful presence and when we’re more full of joy, we become a more effective source of life and inspiration for others…..not to mention our...

There's No Time Like the Present! Dear Friends and (I hope) fellow sojourners seeking helpful perspectives while traversing this rough and mumble lifetime, I'm blogging again after a two year absence (during which time I went through another inning of "Dark Night of the Soul- scored is tied.) But as Arnold Soldyournature would say, "I'm baaack" And have I got news for you! Remember when you heard the phrase, "There's no time like the present."  Were you present then to hear it? What about now?  In other words, if there's no time like it, "the present" isn't like any other time. If it's 5:45 PM, for instance, the present isn't like that.   Sometimes, I believe it's 8:20 AM, but when I get to 8:21 and check back, I realize once again, "There's just no time like the present." So after trying a whole bunch of times to truly prove that there was no time like the present (3:40 PM came close, but o...