Tag: EngAGE
The Boyfriend: Episode Two
Following the amazing Episode One from California here at long last is Episode Two -the next instalment of the sorry saga of love and intrigue. Everyone in London is looking forward to meeting up on Skype and working together on the final transatlantic chapter. Hope this finds all of you atBurbank well. Love and best… Continue reading The Boyfriend: Episode Two
The bus back from Denver
On the bus back from Denver to Boulder Colorado as dusk falls over the distant Rockies, I’m reading Michael Sandel’s ‘Justice’. He quotes Alasdair MacIntyre: ‘We live our lives as narrative quests.’ “I can only answer the question ‘what am I to do?’ if I can answer the prior question ‘Of what story or stories… Continue reading The bus back from Denver
The Boyfriend
Dear Sue, Suzanne, Walter, James, Felicia, Sally, Dolly, Here it is! I think we should all congratulate ourselves! Twelve minutes of drama from nothing in 34 minutes. You are all so brilliant at improv. I'm now going to take this back to London and share it with our company there. They may already be catching… Continue reading The Boyfriend
“I feel alive!”
A drumming class at Heritage Park apartments in Anaheim. I join as the session is in full swing. Five women and a man sitting in a circle crashing out rhythm with Robin their teacher. The beat speeds to a crescendo and the group pause. "I feel alive", exclaims the woman sitting next to me. "I'm… Continue reading “I feel alive!”
“But Mum you could be!”
Los Angeles. This crazy sprawl of a city where the art of mindfulness is totally essential for negotiating the freeways. I'm visiting the Burbank Seniors Colony. It's an apartment rental as they say here where the possibility of making art is built into the fabric of the building. There are living spaces and creating spaces:… Continue reading “But Mum you could be!”
Creativity, Arts and Older People 