One Billion Rising: Vday and project1979
In solidarity against indifference and apathy, tomorrow I’ll be at the Colosseum and Spanish Steps in Rome to dance my fanny off for One Billion Rising. I am psyched! I think I’ll wear my boots. And I’ll be dancing for this woman in particular who was part of the project1979 London edition: I am also rising for … Read more
Inspiring Monday: I cannot sit idly by,
I cannot sit idly by. About 50 years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote a letter while being imprisoned in Birmingham. He was a year older than I am now. A year ago I was here: http://project1979.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/374/ And, of the many things that he wrote in that letter, I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta … Read more
Reality Check
Dear my greatest generation, Today a friend of proeject1979 posted this on my wall today: Edward Scissorhands: I was in awe of that gorgeous snow scene. Loved JD and Winona fiercely. Felt enchanted out of my 10-year-old awkward world…Wait? I was 10? 10 years old? How did this happen? How do these others make you feel? I … Read more
Happiness and the Day Planner
http://handson.provocateuse.com I’m not good at future planning. I don’t plan at all. I don’t know what I’m doing tomorrow. I don’t have a day planner and I don’t have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future. HEATH LEDGER (b.1979) photo@carla manno for One Day on Earth … Read more
Travel Log #4: Dream Big
Traveling back in time today. About a year ago I made this video: Here are some from around that time: (How many people have worn these pants since? (photo credit Kate Crafton) This last photo was taken almost exactly a year ago at a wedding for a dear friend. I reconnected with a bunch … Read more
Suddenly, Susan
Faces of project1979 returns with a trailblazer! First thing on the brain today: Susan. I haven’t technically interviewed her and might not get the chance but since it is my blog I get to bend the rules Here’s a mention of her lovely self back in January: http://project1979.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/the-battles-three-women-inspire/ Susan came to Rome after I had done project1979 … Read more
project1979 travel log #1
Every Monday for awhile I will be posting a photo and a quote from the process this summer. I hope you enjoy! Working with Trey (USA/London) and Louisa (South Africa/London) on “Flashdance” Nothing is lost forever… It begins.
Arrived!
Many things to say about the past ten days… Gathering no moss and at a loss for a good internet connection, I have been collecting my thoughts to share in my notebook but not yet in a nice blogpost for ya’ll. It will come! I will say this: going to the Indy Convergence and the … Read more
And Yet, We Thrive: Lynn Lammers on Theater, Michigan and Axl Rose
The Faces of project1979: Take Four Lynn Lammers: One talented Theater Diva. We crossed paths only briefly at Michigan State University but I’ve kept up with her ever since. It didn’t take me long to realize that she meant business: this woman is driven! The best thing about her work as a theater artist is … Read more
Anna and her Chicago dispLAcement
Here’s Anna Keizer, Chicago-turned LA chick and writer extraordinaire for our first ever feature of “The Faces of project1979″ series with a few lovely anecdotes about how she became the stellar person she is today. How did you get into blogging, writing and being your wonderful self? I always enjoyed writing as a kid, but got away … Read more
