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WHAT TO MAKE OF THE TRAGEDY

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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...

MANAGING TRANSITION GRACEFULLY

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    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 ...