From the monthly archives:

September 2008

SARS Restaurant?

September 29, 2008

maybe not my first choice for dinner.

this pic reminds of the night I was walking down the same street after work, and the “ORD” was burned out of the MILFORD PLAZA sign (seen above in the background).  Where was my camera then, I ask you?

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Icarus / Ikaros – My favorite myth

September 25, 2008

“Remember the story of Icarus, who wanted to fly to the sun, but lost his wings and fell into the sea…”
I remember when I heard that line, I was 20 years old and attending a rehearsal for a performance piece at La Mama that my acting teacher, Leo Shapiro, was in. I didn’t know who/what [...]

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Departure Motifs in “Fringe”

September 20, 2008

Last night, I finally watched the 2-hour pilot episode of Fringe – J.J. Abrams’ new drama on Fox – and recognized a number of the common “departure” themes mentioned by Campbell and discussed in class.
To give a brief summary of the episode, the plot revolves around FBI agent Olivia Dunham whose partner/lover is injured while [...]

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More hero motifs

September 14, 2008

thinking about hero motifs in my life/writing/etc. and just found this journal entry from April 8, 2005 entitled “I’m Tired”
I’m tired, ok? I’m tired of hiding and tired of chasing. Tired of humans who walk the earth mouthing messages of freedom, love and joy but unable to apply those principals to those around them. Tired [...]

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Refusal of the Call, Tantalus, and a younger me

September 12, 2008

On the way home to Brooklyn on the F train, I began the Campbell reading for week 3 which begins with the chapter entitled Refusal of the Call.  A couple of passages immediately jumped out at me (for reasons I will explain momentarily), specifically:
“Refusal of the summons converts the adventure into its negative…the subject becomes [...]

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