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Category Archives: Theater
The Lower Bottom Playaz; Full Metal
Advertisements Bullets are usually made of lead. If you cover a lead bullet with copper you get a Full Metal Jacket; an armor piercing projectile. It is our intention to wound you with art. You will leave feeling something. You will be moved … Continue reading
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Diary of a Mad Creative # 19: Precious and the State of the Arts (pt. 2 of The Ground on which I stand.)
“If you do not know, I will tell you that black theatre in America is alive … it is vibrant … it is vital … it just isn’t funded. Black theatre doesn’t share in the economics that would allow it to support its artists and supply them with meaningful avenues to develop their talent and broadcast and disseminate ideas crucial to its growth. The economics are reserved as privilege to the overwhelming abundance of institutions that preserve, promote and perpetuate white culture.
That is not a complaint. That is an advertisement. Since the funding sources, both public and private, do not publicly carry avowed missions of exclusion and segregated support, this is obviously either a glaring case of oversight, or we the proponents of black theatre have not made our presence or needs known.” August Wilson Continue reading
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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt. 17
Rehearsal is like prayer. It is the highest form of artistic meditation. It is where the privilege of presenting is earned. Continue reading
Diary of a mad creative: I create therefore I am pt.16
I know how to make lemonade. Only I stop me. If you stand in the path you may get left on the side of the road or perhaps ran over. I drive to the hoop by nature. I look for the blessings, value my haters, and move in one direction, forward. Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt 15
I have been wounded by Wilson and something is growing in the cut. Art should bruise, inspire, provoke, affirm, pose questions and soothe. Gem has done all that and Wilson is offering me more. I accept. Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt. 14
Advertisements If you don’t decide where you stand you won’t know why you fell down. I deal in mental groceries. I want to feed my congregation. I don’t do fluff and I ain’t trying to cross over. If you want … Continue reading
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Tagged aspirations, ayodele nzinga, commodities, creativity, nation building, personal wealth, perspective, the ground on which I stand, theater
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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt. 13
Advertisements If it’s good make it better. There is no perfect; it’s just a direction we can walk in. Excellence. It’s an interesting word that begs the question according to whom to which I answer: Excelling to the degree that what is … Continue reading
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Tagged ayodele nzinga, inspiration, life lessons, motivation, personal wealth, theater, wordslanger
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Dairy of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am Pt. 12
Advertisements We are who we say we are. Standing in the footlights paving a road others can follow. We are on the top of the mountain looking around at the terrain we have traveled. We are all need rest like air but … Continue reading
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Tagged aspirations, august wilson, ayodele nzinga, black arts, gem of the ocean, inspiration, life lessons, lower bottom playaz, theater, wordslanger
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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Pt 11
Advertisements We were born last night. In the glare of the lights, on a beautiful set, with a packed house, during a balmy evening that was perfect for outdoor theater; we took our first steps. We stood and we walked. … Continue reading
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Diary of a Mad Creative: I create therefore I am. Part 10
Advertisements The din of the Theater Godz is deafening; their roar stills the rest of the world.We are about to be born. The portal is opening. Zen time. Rubber meets road here, but the time to bemoan final fates is past. … Continue reading
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Tagged aspirations, august wilson, ayodele nzinga, black arts, creativity, gem of the ocean, inspiration, life lessons, lower bottom playaz, motivation, wordslanger
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