Too Much LIght Makes the Baby Go Blind

What: Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind
What? It's a play (actually, 30 plays performed in 60 minutes). It's part of the Capital Fringe Fest.
When: Through July 29
Where: Woolly Mammoth Theater

The show apparently has a cult following in Chicago, its home base. The theater company is called the Neo Futurists. I won't say more because part of the fun is the surprise of the format, but let me just say it's a mix of funny and serious, all written by the performers, and it is just refreshingly inventive and a blast to watch. Check it out!

Cell Phone Photo Essay

Interesting online photo essay from DC artist Robert Walton over at Team Wet Dog - all the photos were taken with his cell phone, and let me just tell you, they don't look anything like the photos I take with my phone! I've loved Robert's Mount Pleasant Photos since I discovered them last year, and think some of these new images are pretty gorgeous, too, like the one above, titled "Wedding Dance."

Check it out...

Lots and lots and lots of improv and beer and improv and beer...

Think "summer music festival" only with improv instead of music and BYOB instead of overpriced beer for sale at the refreshment stand.

What: Improvapalooza from Washington Improv Theater
When: THIS SATURDAY, July 14, 7:00pm to 12:12pm
Where: The Source Theater (on 14th between S and T, near Saint Ex)

Tix are $10 at the door. Check out the show lineup here.

Blog rhymes with frog

I am on a see-saw with this blog these days. I go through periods where I can't wait to post something every day, and periods (like the last week) when I just don't have anything to say. And I'm not gonna post just for the sake of it. Except for right now.

Ok, I do have something to say: this week I've tried to get back into daily journal writing and it is crazy how much it's like oxygen for me. I think, "eh, no big deal, I won't write in my journal today," and then today turns into many days, and then I am a sad, sad camper. Then I pick up a pen and start writing and feel alive, and present, in a whole new way.

In The Artist's Way (aka my gospel), Julia Cameron writes that it's harder not to create than it is to just create. For some reason that's a lesson I keep needing to learn over and over again.