From the Coffee Table: Peter Sellars
In this month's Psychology Today there's an interview of the director Peter Sellars [Sep/Oct 2010, p. 29].He says a lot of cool stuff.He's an oddball, but I must say I usually agree with him. What does that say about me?Here's one quote:
Good motto.In addition, I enjoyed this little bit, because I often have to deal with classrooms and groups of kids where the clash of personalities is a big factor:
Excellently put, Mr. Sellars. I completely forgive you for those odd moles above your eyebrows. You are correct.He said a bunch of other good things, among which were (I paraphrase): "I'm not sure how comfortable I am at buying into the term 'normal' at the end of the day. The assumption of what 'normal' is drives me crazy and shows a limited acquaintance with the human being."He's a very quotable guy. I guess he directed Nixon in China, but I haven't seen any of his stuff.The interview on religion and art over at PBS is also a very interesting read: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/voices/sellars.htmlTo all of you commenting on my previous post about the ECONOMY, thank you-- I can't log on to comment back, but I appreciate the traffic.And yes, the sky is not actually falling and the liberals should just shut up about it.I am not about to engage in debate about credit default swaps and 401k accounts and taxing investors. Not happening.That whole post was a repost of an entry from Alicia Morgan's site (http://lastleftb4hooterville.blogspot.com/) and I agree with a lot of what she said, but not because I'm a liberal or a Democrat (I'm not), but because she's right.She doesn't paint a complete picture, but the part she covers, I agree with. And I agree with a lot of other things as well, a few of which come from you argumentative Xangans.Feel free to argue in my comments section, though. Flame away.I'll be over here remote-posting from Posterous and helping the elementary school kids.Happy Halloween and Día de los Muertos!
“Turn your back on the money and walk towards your life.” – Peter Sellars
Good motto.In addition, I enjoyed this little bit, because I often have to deal with classrooms and groups of kids where the clash of personalities is a big factor:
Q: Are there people with whom you cannot connect?
A: I'm trained in the tradition of community organizing, where you go with the most troubled spirit in the room. The whole point in my life's work is, "Go with the problem, not around it." As Rumi would say, the wound is where the light enters. You have to give the meeting over to the person who wants to disrupt it and destroy it. You have to reverse the energy flow and, again, not pathologize.
A: I'm trained in the tradition of community organizing, where you go with the most troubled spirit in the room. The whole point in my life's work is, "Go with the problem, not around it." As Rumi would say, the wound is where the light enters. You have to give the meeting over to the person who wants to disrupt it and destroy it. You have to reverse the energy flow and, again, not pathologize.
Excellently put, Mr. Sellars. I completely forgive you for those odd moles above your eyebrows. You are correct.He said a bunch of other good things, among which were (I paraphrase): "I'm not sure how comfortable I am at buying into the term 'normal' at the end of the day. The assumption of what 'normal' is drives me crazy and shows a limited acquaintance with the human being."He's a very quotable guy. I guess he directed Nixon in China, but I haven't seen any of his stuff.The interview on religion and art over at PBS is also a very interesting read: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/voices/sellars.htmlTo all of you commenting on my previous post about the ECONOMY, thank you-- I can't log on to comment back, but I appreciate the traffic.And yes, the sky is not actually falling and the liberals should just shut up about it.I am not about to engage in debate about credit default swaps and 401k accounts and taxing investors. Not happening.That whole post was a repost of an entry from Alicia Morgan's site (http://lastleftb4hooterville.blogspot.com/) and I agree with a lot of what she said, but not because I'm a liberal or a Democrat (I'm not), but because she's right.She doesn't paint a complete picture, but the part she covers, I agree with. And I agree with a lot of other things as well, a few of which come from you argumentative Xangans.Feel free to argue in my comments section, though. Flame away.I'll be over here remote-posting from Posterous and helping the elementary school kids.Happy Halloween and Día de los Muertos!
