So I’ve been thinking about some of this a lot, specifically because I’ve been reading a lot more contemporary works lately (brushing up, looking for monologue material, reading good work in order to write better work), and I get especially enthusiastic about it when I’m coming down off a caffeine high (I drink coffee inContinue reading “More on literary criticism”
Category Archives: Literary
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Dear Mr. Guirgis, I know you’ll never read this. I’m just a struggling dancer/actor in Miami with a tiny little blog. But I want you to know: I am a big fan. You just write with a depth of understanding and nuance of character that… well, I deeply respect. For a literary nerd who had begun toContinue reading “Stephen Adly Guirgis”
Ahimsa vs. the need to create
For anyone into yoga, ahimsa isn’t a foreign concept: it means simply “non-harming.” For some, this includes abstaining from eating animal products, for many it means abstaining from intentional causing harm to another living being, be it through one’s own actions, words and thoughts. But what about unintentional harm? I think often about the factContinue reading “Ahimsa vs. the need to create”
Erika Diane 