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pegkerrWell, the interviewer who said she would get back to Rob today never did. I have to say, this doesn't look good at all.
On the bright side, however, Rob spent some time giving the support post in the kitchen a massage with the power sander, AND NOW THE STOVE FITS FLUSH AGAINST THE WALL!
Scarfed down most of Edward Eager's Half Magic today. Why have I never read Eager until now?
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kissaki's journal (which I found through epicyclical): "You know . . . there is no such thing as writer's block. There is only spaces of free time between writing." Useful.
My post from last night has spun off into another thread inmahoney's journal; I've posted a reply to her.
Listened to another interesting interview on NPR's All Things Considered on the way home from work, this time with Colin Firth. If you have RealOne Player, you can listen to it here (If I've set this link up correctly, that is), or you can get it at the ATC website (May 24th). They were interviewing him because of his part in the forthcoming release of The Importance of Being Earnest. Fascinating. I've followed his career with interest ever since his appearance in the the BBC Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Darcy. He was speaking about what inspired him to become an actor; it was seeing Pascal Field [sp?] as Thomas Moore in Man for All Seasons:
"This was something new, because there was a paradox to what he was doing in that it it was so utterly true, it was so unadorned, and how can it be true? It's acting, it's false. I mean I know we're all trying to be true, but there was something so expressive of integrity in what he did. He was portraying a man who doesn't have an acting bone in his body. And that was the thing that gripped me the most. It's not in anything he seemed to be doing physically. It's not in anything that one might, in the crudest sense, call acting. It just is there in his eyes; it's there in his voice; it's there in his stillness. And I think that that was the thing that I most wanted to pursue."
YES. That's it, that's what I want to get at with writing. He goes on:
"Whatever convention you're working with, and whether it's pantomime or however broad the comedy is, it's still important to look for a core of truth, of reality. It doesn't have to be Truth with a capital 'T'--but you are representing a human being, whatever you're doing. If it's comedy, it's going to be funnier if it's rooted in truth.
Yes. That's it. That's what I want to do as a writer--whether I do comedy or something else.
Oh: and before I forget, I've meant several times to post this bit for all the Jane Austen heroes I love:
Darcy has passion,
Wentworth won't quit,
Brandon's romantic,
And Tilney has wit.
Edward is honourable
And quietly domestic.
Reginald's young
And I bet he's athletic!
Cousin Edmund is brotherly
But Knightley's no brother
So, why should I choose
Either one over t'other?
Since I'm many women
All rolled into one
I'll choose my heroes
For maximum fun.
Life is uncertain
And full of vexation.
I'll take them all
In sequential rotation!
G.Kay Bishop, 1999
Cheers,
Peg
On the bright side, however, Rob spent some time giving the support post in the kitchen a massage with the power sander, AND NOW THE STOVE FITS FLUSH AGAINST THE WALL!
Scarfed down most of Edward Eager's Half Magic today. Why have I never read Eager until now?
From
kissaki's journal (which I found through epicyclical): "You know . . . there is no such thing as writer's block. There is only spaces of free time between writing." Useful.My post from last night has spun off into another thread in
mahoney's journal; I've posted a reply to her.Listened to another interesting interview on NPR's All Things Considered on the way home from work, this time with Colin Firth. If you have RealOne Player, you can listen to it here (If I've set this link up correctly, that is), or you can get it at the ATC website (May 24th). They were interviewing him because of his part in the forthcoming release of The Importance of Being Earnest. Fascinating. I've followed his career with interest ever since his appearance in the the BBC Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Darcy. He was speaking about what inspired him to become an actor; it was seeing Pascal Field [sp?] as Thomas Moore in Man for All Seasons:
"This was something new, because there was a paradox to what he was doing in that it it was so utterly true, it was so unadorned, and how can it be true? It's acting, it's false. I mean I know we're all trying to be true, but there was something so expressive of integrity in what he did. He was portraying a man who doesn't have an acting bone in his body. And that was the thing that gripped me the most. It's not in anything he seemed to be doing physically. It's not in anything that one might, in the crudest sense, call acting. It just is there in his eyes; it's there in his voice; it's there in his stillness. And I think that that was the thing that I most wanted to pursue."
YES. That's it, that's what I want to get at with writing. He goes on:
"Whatever convention you're working with, and whether it's pantomime or however broad the comedy is, it's still important to look for a core of truth, of reality. It doesn't have to be Truth with a capital 'T'--but you are representing a human being, whatever you're doing. If it's comedy, it's going to be funnier if it's rooted in truth.
Yes. That's it. That's what I want to do as a writer--whether I do comedy or something else.
Oh: and before I forget, I've meant several times to post this bit for all the Jane Austen heroes I love:
Darcy has passion,
Wentworth won't quit,
Brandon's romantic,
And Tilney has wit.
Edward is honourable
And quietly domestic.
Reginald's young
And I bet he's athletic!
Cousin Edmund is brotherly
But Knightley's no brother
So, why should I choose
Either one over t'other?
Since I'm many women
All rolled into one
I'll choose my heroes
For maximum fun.
Life is uncertain
And full of vexation.
I'll take them all
In sequential rotation!
G.Kay Bishop, 1999
Cheers,
Peg
