Focus, self-mastery, skill, duty, honor, death before disgrace, Devotion, Shame, regret, atonement, Right Intention, integrity, Temperance, faith, balance, compassion, Forgiveness… Self-immolation, joy, Freedom… Contribution.
April, 2010
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Past Lives
04.28.2010 by Shannon
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Media Blackout
04.25.2010 by Shannon
Taking a media break. No posts for the weekend.
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Yes
04.22.2010 by Shannon
It will happen.
(It already has)
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Turning In
04.21.2010 by Shannon
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Creative, Schmeative
04.20.2010 by Shannon
27 minutes past my self-imposed bedtime (welcome to the life of a hypomanic-proclivitist*[1]) and I am keying-out some creative word-show. (more…)
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Good-bye; Hello; Good-bye; Well, Hell–
04.19.2010 by Shannon
“Life may be a series of Good-byes,” I am reminded, “but is it not, also, a series of Hellos?”
Touche’.
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Life Is Just…
04.18.2010 by Shannon
…a series of good-byes.
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Those Negative Voices
04.15.2010 by Shannon
Funny how the volume and frequency of the negative voices in my head are inversely proportional to the number of hours of sleep I get a night.
Tonight: very-very loud.
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600 Names
04.14.2010 by Shannon
All in a day’s work.*
(ergo, the uber-short posts of late. Starting to feel more like a Twitter account than a blog…)
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Pretty?
04.13.2010 by Shannon
I want to devote my life to writing, acting, collaborating, exploring, developing craft for, and all around evaporating my soul into theater–
Can I, God, pretty pretty please?
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Ugh
04.12.2010 by Shannon
Why is it 7:35 and I’m already in bed?
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Happy Birthday, Gautam
04.11.2010 by Shannon
Buddha’s birthday today. He turns infinite.
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The Burden & Freedom of Evolution
04.09.2010 by Shannon
To stare your karma directly in the face, and then tell it “boo” — not an easy thing. To look deep into the lake and see rock scum, plastic bottles, toxic sludge, and a dead rat — difficult to stomach. To take a leap of faith in donning new skin never before revealed to air — makes me want to vomit.
But when you see the universe nodding its head in silent approval, and your gut sing with the new-found authority of Self — you know there is no going back. We must peel back the layers and hope something lovable remains after the layers are gone.
What courage it takes to remove our golden handcuffs! What strength it takes to bear the weightlessness once they’re gone!
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A Simple Truth for You Tonight
04.08.2010 by Shannon
I like improv more than I like data entry.
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Oh! So THAT’S What They Mean…
04.07.2010 by Shannon
…when They talk about “showing yourself compassion.” Funny, this whole time I thought it was a euphemism for masturbation.
Turns out, it’s actually really nice, this being nice to oneself.
Thanks to those who now are, and have been along the way, showing me that self-love is more than just a good time, it’s an absolute necessity.
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A Taste from the Beginning
04.06.2010 by Shannon
Eventually cut, this is was the opening scene for BURST: (more…)
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Script Snippet
04.05.2010 by Shannon
During April’s ScriptFrenzy, as I refresh the script for my one-woman-show “BURST”, I am rifling through old notes (a good 15″ thick stack of them), and while I’m distracted by that work, I’ll post some snippets of stuff as I go along (just to make sure you know I’m still very much thinking of you, Dear Reader!
[From my 2008 draft:]
“God damn you, I.G., for planting another seed in my brain. For making me believe that we can only start living this life once we kill off what was is not ours. Once we transform into what we have always been, and stop waiting for what was never meant to become.”
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Today I Chose Happiness
04.04.2010 by Shannon
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{ just btwn you & i }
04.03.2010 by Shannon
{ no one is reading this but you }
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Love is Love is Love is Love
04.02.2010 by Shannon
And Self is Self is Self is Self. (just a little reminder to myself on this cold Good Friday that All is All is All is All)
P.S. Say hello to Germany for me!
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