Isn’t it lovely when 400 year old Spanish literature jives with modern day comic book spoofs? I think so, but then again I’m crazy – or as The Tick would say, I’m “going sane in a crazy world.” The Tick is a big blue goofy guy in a tick costume created by Ben Edlund in…
musicals
The crucial quiet of Matilda and yoga
The absence of sound has always scared me. It has always seemed to imply the absence of other things to do – of connection, of energy, of things happening and people talking and the world moving. It can seem like the Veil in Doctor Who’s episode “Heaven Sent,” lurking behind every action we take, every…
Losing and finding your mind: Van Gogh’s piles of things good, bad, and wondrous
Barring being actually in the Matrix, what you see and touch is real, right? You know where you are? What you think is dependable? And what you feel is appropriate? Usually we’d say yes, pretty much. We can take those things for granted, and go with purpose to our work, our play, our practice on…
Then again, I’m willing to wait for Burr’s control
Recently I wrote about the virtue of flexibility, expressed both in yoga and in Hamilton. Obviously a body must be flexible to do yoga poses, while Hamilton was flexible in his strategy towards life. He “did what it [took] to survive” (and thrive). Burr, meanwhile, is inflexible and unadaptable to the point where it destroys…
I’m not throwing away my shot at Hamilton’s flexibility
Just what is it about this Alexander Hamilton? Such was the question of 2016–well, the fun question. There were many other more agonizing questions for another time, of course. But it was surely a question on the minds of many as the musical about him skyrocketed into massive popularity. Fans were converted by the thousands…
Defying Gravity, Cold, and the Patriarchy: The L-shaped Handstand
Life is a drag. This is news to no one, particularly recently. Constant pressures weigh us down in countless ways. And in a very literal sense, gravity is dragging us down every second we are here. That’s kind of good, since sailing out into space isn’t preferable, but also has some major downsides. Our bodies…