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Philia v. Eros: What (How Deep) is Your Love?
For all women, there is at least one person she is meant to love with all her heart and not to desire sexually. For all men, there is at least one person he is meant to love with all his heart and not to desire sexually. Depending on a person’s sexuality, it will either be […]
She’s So High Above Me: The Satisfaction of Inequality.
October 29, 2011
Recent research suggests that the best marriages involve women who are more physically attractive than their mates. Men, the research indicates, are more supportive when they partner with a woman who is more attractive; women, it is claimed, care less about looks and more about having a supportive partner. Women also are said to mirror […]
Love Needs Something To Conquer, If It’s To Conquer All.
October 23, 2011
I’ve been thinking about my past romantic relationships and I think I see a pattern. In all my serious relationships, there always seems to be an insurmountable obstacle to overcome — like she wants something out of life I’m pretty sure I don’t or vice versa. At first, I thought this pattern might be symptomatic […]
Life Not Imitating Art and Why It Should: The Possibility of It
July 15, 2009
I was very fortunate to attend Wilfrid Laurier University at a time when Dr. Leslie O’Dell arranged to have Janet Wright direct a play starring Ted Follows. He was supported by a gaggle of undergrads. I had a fairly minor part and didn’t interact too often with Mr. Follows on- or off-stage; even so, he provided […]
Two Songs That Ruined My Understanding of What Women Want: “You’re So Vain” and “The Sweater”
May 13, 2009
I humbly submit that two songs, one by Meryn Cadell and one by Carly Simon, are directly responsible for my lifelong misunderstanding of what most women really want and admire in a man. Perhaps, I should sue? If you were similarly damaged, maybe we could start a class action suit? I am sure these songs affected both […]
Reflections on Theatre Replacement’s Bioboxes: Choose An Unparalleled Shared Experience
April 28, 2009
Theatre Replacement’s BioBoxes combines a clever concept with impressive performances and, in doing so, it offers people an opportunity for an unparalleled shared experience (click here for details). Not only is Bioboxes entertaining, I think it affected my whole outlook on theatre, on the performing arts, and on life. Not bad for six ten-minute stories performed one-on-one inside an […]
An Important Discovery. October 2008. A Sunday. Nine-ish.
December 17, 2008
1. Other persons, despite some similarities, are not like me. I am unlikely to make proper sense of a person’s understanding of the world (unexpressed or otherwise), her intentions, or her behavior, if I assume it is always like or identical to my own. It is possible to make sense of another person’s understanding of […]
Sunlight, A Play in One Act
December 6, 2008
Sunlight combines text, improvisation, a dumbshow, and movement in order to craft an original and unexpected response to a reality we face each and everyday: the minute-by-minute choice between a life of distraction and a life of attentiveness. Although it is very much a work of theatre, it can also be described as a kind […]
November 5, 2011
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