Sunday, May 05, 2019

How Complaining Physically Rewires Your Brain To Be Anxious And Depressed


My daughters
Of the Velvet
Revolution
gave me
a rock
painted red.
It had
two words
written on
its surface;
“Laugh More”.
The irony?
It made
me want
to cry.





The arts will always exist.Wherever there are human beings the arts will be there.It is far less clear that today’s arts organizations will survive through the ...
next several generations. [read more]



Meet The Choreographer Of One Of The Tony Nominees For Best New Play (Yes, Play)


Ink, a London transfer, starring Bertie Carvel and Jonny Lee Miller and directed by Rupert Goold, about Rupert Murdoch’s transformation of Britain’s The Sun into the notorious tabloid it is today, features several dance numbers choreographed by Lynne Page. Sylviane Gold talks to Page about the movement she devised for the show and how it’s different from what she’d do with a musical. – Dance Magazine




Will Theatre Ever Again Be At The Center Of Our Culture? Wrong Question

“[Stage plays] once entertained the tired businessman, and also somehow managed to stir hearts and minds with piercing social critique. Eugene O’Neill made the cover ofTime four times in his career! How will we ever get back to that halcyon age, which was — well, when was it, exactly?” People have been asking that question at least since the advent of moving pictures, and it may not even be an apt question about, as Rob Weinert-Kendt puts it, “an art form expressly built to die and be reborn.” –American Theatre


A Few Minutes Alone With “The Last Supper” – Surprisingly Affecting

Phil Kennicott: “I’m lucky to have been given a little extra time at “The Last Supper” and even, for a few minutes, time without other tourists, and the experience is deeply moving. I’m surprised by this because “The Last Supper” is famous for being but a shadow of what Leonardo put on the walls about the same time Columbus sailed for America… Yet there it is, glowing on the wall, far more precise in its communication than anything I expected during a two-week trip looking at art in Italy.” – Washington Post


Barack And Michelle Obama Reveal Their First Netflix Projects

“The former first couple signed a deal with the streaming platform in 2018 to produce a string of shows and films under their production company Higher Ground. … The [initial] seven projects range from acquisitions to new material, fiction to non-fiction and content aimed at adults and at children.” – The Guardian



The business secrets ofmessianic socialists. From mop factories to property scams, communistic cults in America have been surprisingly entrepreneurial  Messianic


A Pennsylvania State Trooper pulled over an elderly woman for speeding.

He asked the sweet little old lady for her driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance. The woman took out the required information and handed it to him.

In with the cards, he was somewhat surprised to find - due to her advanced age – that she had a concealed carry permit. 

He asked her if she had a weapon in her possession at this time. 

She responded that she had a .45 automatic in her glove box.

He asked her if she had any other firearms. 

She said she also has a 9mm Glock in her center console. 

“Any other firearms?” 

“Well,” the woman said. “I have a. 38 special in my purse”.

“Ma’am, you sure carry a lot of guns. What are you so afraid of?”

She looked him right in the eye and said, “Not a damn thing!”


 How Complaining Physically Rewires Your Brain To Be Anxious And Depressed.