Look and Listen #31: The Activism of Sofia Ashraf
Sofia Ashraf was raised in a conservative Muslim family in south India, but she always loved the stage. Despite coming from a household where musical instruments were banned and nice …
Quote for Today: Daniel Pink
Most important, in flow, the relationship between what a person had to do and what he could do was perfect. The challenge wasn’t too easy. Nor was it too difficult. …
Quote for Today: David Byrne
I also realized that there were lots of unacknowledged theater forms going on all around. Our lives are filled with performances that have been so woven into our daily routine …
Quote for Today: Cornel West
The interplay of individuality and unity is not one of uniformity and unanimity imposed from above but rather of conflict among diverse groupings that reach a dynamic consensus subject to …
A Healing Song: The Breathless Choir
Society encourages us to pursue marketable things at which we excel. Is there value in pursuits that challenge our weaknesses? The weeding and winnowing starts when we are very young. What was …
A Darker Shade of Blue: Andrea Gibson’s Blue Blanket
Andrea Gibson is a poet, activist and one of the most powerful poetry performers of today. Her impassioned recitation and stirring fearlessness in subject matter have garnered her a fourth place finish …
Quote for Today: Sydney Smith
The thing about performance, even if it’s only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities. —Sydney Smith