tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672013373020085991.post976070917216353747..comments2023-09-13T02:47:23.471-07:00Comments on Cowboys and Bohemians: 'Last Remnants of Kerouac'Bohemian Cowboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17106578522099021236noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672013373020085991.post-24670717525386455772009-01-06T08:59:00.000-08:002009-01-06T08:59:00.000-08:00I must say that I enjoy seeing you walking the str...I must say that I enjoy seeing you walking the streets of L.A. complete with guitar and planning your show. You are actually alive and 'out there'. Each day will find you more into the role and having more fun. Embrace the life!annkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16265288370442155422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672013373020085991.post-4218049321232365822009-01-05T23:13:00.000-08:002009-01-05T23:13:00.000-08:00Kerouac defined life for me when I was 20 years ol...Kerouac defined life for me when I was 20 years old, about. He was called, driven in an old beat up bus to write, stacks of notebooks piled under the bottle. I believe the poetry came from him and not from the bottle. The booze kept the lid on the dragon.<BR/><BR/>Signing two contracts can set the earth spinning very fast. I did it once when one show was in New York and the other was in Boston. Traveling back and forth was line learning and character developing. I don't remember sleeping.<BR/><BR/>Good luck on Wednesday. DB<BR/><BR/>http://vagabondjourneys.blogspot.com/DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144446186279708019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672013373020085991.post-3853154307241502962009-01-05T06:31:00.000-08:002009-01-05T06:31:00.000-08:00Reading this I've been thinking about rehearsal. W...Reading this I've been thinking about rehearsal. When I was studing somatic psychology I developed a real appreciation for the non-verbals of acting. So much goes into communication. Posture, vocal timbre, facial expression, gesture, the pause.... All this and knowing the dialog. I don't believe most people realize what a high level skill good acting is. Of course, there are those who just play themselves in various forms (much of Julia Roberts, later Jack Nicholson). <BR/> Then there the challenge of theater, which is going out there every night and keeping it fresh and natural. The presentation of, "this is acting, I am actually this person." <BR/> Seems to me that acting can be like some drugs. The requirement that one be totally immersed in the role/material results, to some degree in a loss of the core self for a time. Of course, since you are doing the material you have written I'm not so sure this is true here. Perhaps, a deeper immersion into the core self here instead. <BR/> Watching with interest and loving support, your friend. TTJ in Boulderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164582477714286482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672013373020085991.post-63789502326307917522009-01-04T20:41:00.000-08:002009-01-04T20:41:00.000-08:00I'm sure you are looking forward to starting rehea...I'm sure you are looking forward to starting rehearsals. I look forward to hearing about it.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08550121039138724203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672013373020085991.post-20506797040938331652009-01-04T16:49:00.000-08:002009-01-04T16:49:00.000-08:00Cheering you on, Raymond! New Years in Boulder wa...Cheering you on, Raymond! New Years in Boulder was great with perhaps the beginning of a new tradition, fireworks. The same ones we couldn't launch the past two Julys due to fire risk.<BR/><BR/>All good vibes toward the first rehersal...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672013373020085991.post-15242209771569540792009-01-04T15:22:00.000-08:002009-01-04T15:22:00.000-08:00Yes, reading Memory Babe is like spending some ser...Yes, reading Memory Babe is like spending some serious time with one of the world's worst alcoholics, surely, who was so powerfully gifted. That cannot help but remind me of Doc and his apparent determination or fatalistic acceptance of dying drunk. I am surely glad that this did not become your fate. That alone has always given me hope. Kerouac also reminds me so much of Pierre since they were both French Canadian and of Catholic origins. I felt I could understand Pierre a little better by reading this book. The Scot forbears, too, were given to drink, it seems with one dying of alcoholism on the King side. Many have been laid low by the ravages of alcoholism. For centuries it seems. Good to talk to you today and hear from you again. I know you have been busy. MomGerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771917880182186281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672013373020085991.post-47064641579217067482009-01-04T15:12:00.000-08:002009-01-04T15:12:00.000-08:00I am relieved to have you 'living the life' instea...I am relieved to have you 'living the life' instead of floating down the river. Seems like a positive step in spite of the ending of the book. One does have to open the mind to understand all the drunks of the world. May everyone live through it! Your mom seemed a bit downed by the one she is trying to understand. I am relieved that mine is sober, at least. Understanding is still needed. Rehearsal will bring some sort of change, I'm sure.annkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16265288370442155422noreply@blogger.com