pART won Feed yourself art. Feast on it. This is my advice to any artist. Most importantly seek art that is outside your discipline. When young actors used to ask me for advice I always told them to read. Some people are intimidated by books, don’t be. Read anything. Read Read more…
I stopped reading on the subway. It wasn’t a conscious choice. I’ve been lugging around a hardcover title for ten days. Normally I would’ve read this book in a week. It’s a good book. I like the author. But I can’t read on the subways anymore. My concentration is off. Read more…
The sky just opened up. It has been oppressively closed for days; the pressure of humidity weighing on the skin, a heaviness settling behind the eyes and the back of the brain. But now a hard rain falls. Rain so dense it looks like milk teeming down the window. Thunder Read more…
It was his favorite game the spring he turned five. Every Tuesday while his brother had tennis lessons, Sebastien and his mom played the Chalk Word game. Mariel grabbed the bucket of sidewalk chalk from the trunk and they tried to cover as much of the empty concrete wading pool Read more…
8 min, 2.21.13 @ ezra’s pound on Dupont Ave, TO inspired by conversation snippet and couple feeding each other “Do you want a bite of this? You should taste it, it’s still warm. Omygod. So good” She’s extending the chocolate chunk cookie to him, so close to his mouth he Read more…
inspired by the smiling woman at the TDcanadatrust bank at CAMH 8 min, 2.12.13 @ Starbucks, Queen + Ossington, TO She always smiles and says hello to the Security Guard when she goes in to use the ATM. She tries to remember to look him in the eye and acknowledge Read more…
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 8 min @ the kitchen table, TO ‘Your problem Rian is that you think the world owes you.” “Is that the best you can come up with? That is not even Psych 101, that’s like Psych for Dummies. Barely.” Rian’s ‘Damian’ blue eyes glare Read more…
Killing Floor by Lee Child 8 min @ my desk, TO, 2.4.13 The awkward moment came just as I knew it would, but I still wasn’t prepared. I’d been waiting a week for Monday to come. Clean slate, fresh start Monday. But this is not going according to the plan. Frack! Read more…