03.25.2011 by Shannon
There is an inner silence that begins to take shape, sometimes, in the thicker corners of me. It is a blackness that spreads, but a blackness that is bereft of meaning or skill. It is not cold. It is not warm. It is heaven, and spreading. It takes over when I am lucid, when the winds of Taos fold over me and I cannot tell if I’m chilled anymore. I want so badly to be stubborn, but I’m not—I’m as open and whimsical as the night sky. I take care not to disrupt the Seasons; they are temporary and formed, and they need their place. I’m warm; I’m ruthless in my care.
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03.20.2011 by Shannon
Wahoo! I am alive and this whole blog has become a burial ground for freewrites. Oh, my dearest Not Keeping Score, how faithful you have been with your gleaming pixels and pages. We’ve been through a lot, haven’t we? Writing until 3am in the Tenderloin, prancing around San Francisco like some lithe pixie, meditational word-dumps in Vietnam, Turkey summers, Israeli adventures, New Mexico madness and Sonoma County Splendor. Oakland rebirths and all the floundering and findings in between. Lift me up! Oh, NKS, my faithful opponent, my creative vessel, my temple to the Word God, my expressive hearth and Companion–thanks for 5.5ish years! (First post: 11/16/2005). (more…)
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09.21.2010 by Shannon
Unedited Freewrite with Kate: 09/21/10
Topic: Home is…
Home is where the heart is. Home. That word sounds nice. Sounds warm and soft and sacred. I want to be there. This is not home. Well, I don’t know. It almost felt like home, felt like a place I could make home, or maybe was home – last week when I was walking in the dusty earth with my leather worn dusky cowboy boots kicking up microcosms of sand spitting into the earth dusty dusty all the way till (more…)
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09.17.2010 by Shannon
I love it all.
I love color and I love darkness. I love light and I love form. I love yoga. I love breath. I love working. I love naps. I love sending an email at work, and writing “cheers!” at the end of it. I love helping people. I love doing quality, quality work.
I love hot tubs and early mornings. I love the blessing of friends. I love MY friends. I love meditation and sitting in the grass. I love bugs! I love the cat, even when she meows and wakes me up. I love peanut butter and bananas. I love struggle, and the knowledge that releasing into it can bring growth. I love humility.
I love driving home. I love roadsigns. I love coffee, especially when you have a special mug. I love spiders and I love cowboy boots. I love relief. I love crying. I love, love, love laughter.
I love my small hands, and eating cereal, and very simple moments. I love even my cubic at work, and powerpoints and pointless meetings. I love center.
I even love my own bullshit. I love that it makes me human, and imperfect, which reminds me that I’m perfect, jut so. I love others peoples bullshit even more! I love seeing people as people and how varied and rich they are. I love that color between yellow and green.
I love this moment, and everything in it. I love my parents, and my losses, and my gifts, and the deep privilege I have to be able to pass on love. I love gratitude! I love mashed potatoes, and I love music, and I love a smile.
I LOVE green tea.
(I love acceptance, terrycloth robes, and ginger. I really, really love dancing)
I love falling.
I love letting go.
I love clarity.
I even love the confusion that started it all.
I love exactly. The way. Things are.
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07.12.2010 by Shannon
The Railyard Performance Space in Santa Fe is confirmed for a production of my solo performance BURST the weekend of September 10th/11th! Venue and dates have changed! Sept 17/18 and 24/25 at the Santa Fe Performing Arts Center.
Also, got confirmation that I’ll be performing a condensed version of BURST and co-hosting an improv workshop as the “keynote speaker” at the Consumer Wellness Conference in ABQ September 29th/30th.
More info by and by.
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07.08.2010 by Shannon
Some great things are afoot: it looks like I might have an opportunity to bring my solo performance BURST back to the Land of Enchantment for a little more New Mexico magic.
I’ve been nominated to perform BURST as the keynote speaker at the only peer-run consumer wellness conference in ABQ. I should hear back on that by the end of the week — cross your fingers!
I’ll also be working and staying in Taos for about 3 weeks, and am looking into venues there and in Santa Fe as well. I figure I will throw possibilities out there and see what sticks.
New Mexico has always captivated me, and remains an incredibly pivotal place. Somehow, when I’m there, beautiful things emerge, productivity flowers, and my bones settle in a dusty calm.
An incredibly deep and grateful bow to those who are already making this happen!
Will keep you updated,
.s
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09.01.2009 by Shannon
I couldn’t have asked for a better opening of my solo performance “BURST” — double standing ovations both night, full house on Saturday, and some amazing feedback & thank yous. I truly am humbled and honored to have had such a great reception. A huge thanks to everyone who came out and helped make the opening of BURST a success!
Plans are in the works to take the show to Arizona and California, perhaps beyond? …
In the meantime, I’m leaving the magic of New Mexico to see what kind of adventures I can watch (ar)rise in Phoenix. Stay tuned.
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08.29.2009 by Shannon
On Radio Cafe Santa Fe (KSFR) with host Mary-Charlotte, broadcasting live from the Santa Fe Baking Co. What a treat!
Click here to listen.
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08.28.2009 by Shannon
Dress rehearsal filled me with a renewed sense of energy. Except for some minor(ish) glitches the dress went smoothly, and it was magic seeing it all come together: the direction, script, blocking, set, lights, and music — this idea that started as a mere burning in my belly over 3 years ago has finally ‘burst’ out into the world with a life of its own.
Here’s to a ‘broken leg’!
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08.27.2009 by Shannon
I’m so nervous, I’m going to vomit.
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08.24.2009 by Shannon
On KUNM ABQ, with Ramona King, “Spoken Word Hour.” To listen, click on:
http://kunm.org/listen/archive/
Enter the date (8/23/09) and time (8:30pm – 9pm). Archive will be up for 2 weeks.
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08.20.2009 by Shannon
I just ran my show all the way through for the first time today in rehearsal. It is finally coming together (phew!) I work on it for about 5-7 hours a day now (memorizing, practicing blocking, rewriting parts that don’t work), in addition to the production aspects (fliers, venue, set, programs, business ads), with 3 hours of rehearsal.
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08.14.2009 by Shannon
Wake.
Drink water. Green tea. Write. Walk. Drink water. Banana. Sit-ups, push-ups. Meditate. Email. Rehearse. Drink water. Lunch. Pound pavement. Distribute fliers. Call printers. Email. Call videographer. Email. Call lighting tech. Email. Drink water! Email publicist. Dinner. Brush teeth.
Sleep.
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