(Source: myjetpack)
May 25, 2012
May 24, 2012
ENO Mini Opera Libretto Submissions Online
The librettos submitted for the Mini Operas Script Competition have all been posted on their website, and I’m enjoying the different interpretations of the seed stories written by Neil Gaiman, Will Self, and A.L. Kennedy.
If you’re curious, you can peruse them here: http://www.minioperas.org/typeofparticipants/script-writer/
My submission, Sleep Masque can be found here.
On June 4th, they will unveil the ten scripts selected as inspiration for the Soundtrack Competition. Composers will choose a script that they like, then compose and record an original sound track for it. Ten compositions will be chosen for the next round. You can read more on the Mini Operas site.
I loved the challenge of creating something new in an unfamiliar form, and the spirit of collaboration is something I very much support.
I’ll enjoy watching the process unfold.
Good luck to all the competitors.
May 21, 2012
Photo Series: The Most Stunning Photos of 2012’s Annular Solar Eclipse
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May 21, 2012
The chart I made after listening to this inspirational speech from the very talented and wise Neil Gaiman.
Very useful advice for a soon-to-be freelancer.
May 21, 2012
Saw this little guy on my morning walk. Helped him to cross the sidewalk safely, then snapped a photo.
May 21, 2012
“The horrifying thing for me in this is the occupation of the imagination by clichés and images which will never go away; the use of images to prevent experiences, to prevent the having of experiences.”
—
Heiner Müller, on watching Fantasia.
(via Wayne Chambliss)
(Source: theremina)
May 17, 2012
Architectural Alphabet, by Antonio Basoli, 1839
The Ampersand is the last letter, as it once was and as it should always be.
May 16, 2012
Two smart bloggers (Julie and Marirosa Mia) read, re-read, and love Howl’s Moving Castle (of course!)
“Four pages in, I decided it was genius. As is so often the case with books that I love, it’s the voice that got me. Jones uses the perfect matter-of-fact, wry voice to introduce her magical world. It’s as if she’s saying, ‘Come on in. Yes, it’s different here, but don’t worry. You’ll get the hang of it quickly. And you’ll like it!’”
May 16, 2012
Dithyrambalina is an amazing “shanty town” in New Orleans where all of the shantys are in fact musical instruments.
We think it would fit right in in Bordertown.
Speechless with love for Dithyrambalina—I found it in an article on NOLA, but am convinced it’s really from Bordertown!
May 16, 2012
(Left to right) Lord Howard de Walden, William Archer, J.M. Barrie, G.K. Chesterton and Bernard Shaw, in the middle of making the cowboy film How Men Love.
There is nothing about this I do not like. But I like Chesterton and Shaw in cowboy costumes best.
