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WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
We’re All in This Together “We’re all in this together” may be my central saying that informs my teaching. That saying is also perhaps a key to my life philosophy. I am not against using a critical eye. I am…
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DOGS AND CLOWNS… a match made in heaven
DOGS AND CLOWNS – A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN What do dogs have to do with clown and creativity? As you may recall from the previous newsletter, I’ve been on a 2 month journey into the inner nature of creativity.…
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Thoughts From A Young Artist: Grėtė Šmitaitė
INTRODUCTION Followed by Grėtė Šmitaitė’s reply to two questions KANDINSKY “According to Kandinsky, every artist has a threefold responsibility, which is (1) to exercise the talent he has—to express the inner necessity (italics mine) within him, (2) like every…
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An Elephant Walks Into a Room and Nobody Notices….. a slight insight into Jewish Humour in the key of b-flat.
Ed Wynn in photo above. An Elephant walks into a room and nobody notices… a slight insight into Jewish Humour in the key of b-flat. A number of times in recent years this was said to me: “Ira, why are there so…
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The More the Merrier. Mr Most Merryful.
Oh the delights and treasures of youtube and ‘giggle’:) Today a site posted a short film of Joe Cook. I knew nothing about him. Here you’ll find this EXCEPTIONALLY wonderful clown and clown film! Be sure to see the links…
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57 Female Clown Short Films
There were four young girls who had the lead role in the Alice Comedies started in 1923. The first young actress was Virginia Davis and she acted in the first 14 films. “Recalling her work on the Alice Comedies, Davis said,…
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Non-Clown Clown Lady
“She found work washing dishes and posing as a nude model.[2] This same year, she hired the 17-year-old Georg Kreisler as a rehearsal pianist to continue focus on cabaret work. By 1941, she had opened the Beggar Bar in New York. It was…
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Vaudeville: Patter; Shtik; Double Talk
Vaudeville: Patter; Shtik; Double Talk featuring “Shaw and Lee”. Vaudeville had sight acts, comedy acts, sketch comedy, and music. The comedians generally were multi-skilled using song, dance, verbal comedy, and Slapstick. Their acts also were the comedians acting as their…
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Artistic Soul Mates
Research is fun when you trust the subconscious and the spontaneous. My friend Yiss Mill sent me a video of the band he was playing with, Aljamia in Sydney. Their Eastern music was wonderful and their guest solo dancer was…
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Fabulous Fable
“Revenge of the myth” Gershom Scholem According to Indigenous cultures, their myths are truthful. Their knowledge of the mystical side of life and the Universe is encoded in their myths. Cultural systems such as Indigenous; Taoism; Vedic; Kabbalistic are no…