Theatre round them up

Medusa, a play I wrote is being produced by Crimson horse Theatre..I am direc

medusa

ting for the first time and we are third night in..what an adventure, Crimson Horse have proved themselves worthwhile, interesting and pro’s , I doubted I could direct but am finding it not easy but like being part of the whole process, the actors have worked well together and effected a transubutation from mind to stage, it is engrossing and absorbing. The audience have liked what they have seen and heard..as an artist I am feeling sonorous..this is the way I want to work…so much work getting a page of dialogue in acting form, and the masks, dance, music..the tech people are going strong..I have a passion for theatre..the words coming to life….I was scorned for having ‘pictures in the mind’, but I am glad now, positive results,. Get further into the work and keep myself keen, honed in. The cast are crafting beautifully

Medusa Brighton Spiritualist church edwards street 8.00pm tonight, 19th, 21st, 22nd May

a tale of mystery, revenge and femaleness!

a r t s p e a k s

i am very tired but the canvas is starting to shape correctly from left to right as viewed both ways and the colour balance although the angular planes were difficult, now a layer must dry and proceed tiring myself not the paint, it (the picture ) must speak in its way and what it needs. For the MEDUSA production in MAY
theatre dance art music
I need varnish and the next picture..more surreal as I dreamt of purple landscapes

art by the artist

friends mean a lot and family more..but then I have to paint..acrylic on canvas, no right or wrong but trying to get a shadow Medusa face..need more tonal variation…green hued, silver, this is a longer work for me..tempted to rush in as I want to paint so much and when I’mlike this nothing can stop me..well you know how it is..I’ve always liked staying up at night..I remember doing this for A levels many moons ago and foundation fine Art and so on, wrote some poetry this morning..pretentious doing art? well you are what you are…A calls some of my work disturbing but how can paint be disturbing? Found a pair of silver shoes a friend gave me..inspiration, found the paint I wanted..so I wasn’t unmoved by the day..easier to be by oneself and paint sometimes..if all around say Nay then I go yay and carry on.
So theres three paintings I can use for Medusa now,I’m slowly going through my flat, pulling out buried paintings in the lobby..Art shops have been shutting down in this town, it’s all gone to the manicurists and hair salons..perhaps I’m pessimistic…art theater, theater of the mind and conciousness..surrealism still my top art movement..

Art non utilitarian..you may hate it, but why? self expression, the beauty of paint flowing from the brush to the canvas..resting the mind of ideas crammed in..so I make no apologies for it.

music art etc

who wanted to be famous..it wasn’t me and I’m not..noterity improvised musical form/ non form adds to the essence of life at least thats how I feel, but all around? oppression and the uncouthness..I sense a vacancy. Off on my mind trip, I like what I do..I hope to participate with with others..walking inside a frame work of sound, theatre and art is an ideal..I create and am made more real with the interactions,,,,hostilities there are but still I must create..easy to be dismissive for some and patronising I’m not from that school of thought…reach up to the limits of improv boundaries, of music, I can do more..play ..hearing…sensing..my need for aural sensation, for focus….bass held close lest the scales run away, amok..and keeping safe within..so this art and life mixes

creative life

About to direct my play Medusa with a great theatre company, one thing to write..another to see it startng to flick to its life, words in mouths that can open to the audience, will be v isual,literary,music, movement…now need to go below the surface of creativity

‘what lies within’.there must be an awkward look at realitywhere chance meets fate.

dreams tell me I should be more in the country, spend sometime round a fire

vocal opportunities may come my way i hope too

 

make art…artists words implode likefalling starfish

‘beam me up’ said my friend

to work creativly incessently because I must..and no motherhood yet or at all?

paint clears my soul, the act of paint especially on canvas was needed right now, all the creations are different aspects of self.higher self?

 

readng surrealist book..the less known surrealists

hearng stringed instruments n head…come in from the cold

 

writing sci fi

writing sci fi radio drama ‘the wasteland’ today..I am really hoping to get somewhere with my writing…at least with writing you can write anywhere ie my bed today.

many people look down on sci fi but i think its a valid literary genre with much potentional

my play is dark sci…but love blossoms in the wasteland

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