Thoughts and Ideas 9/5
Converstation Starter
Juggling life. How do you manage when overloaded with "to-do"? Or when one big task overshadows all the others? Talk to each other about the symptoms of the struggle, about successful strategies to deal with too much, and how you survived when you dropped the ball in the past.
Creative Experiment
Make a list of metaphors for being overloaded with too much on your mind. i.e. juggling too much, my basket is full, straw that broke the camel's back... invent verbal and physical metaphors of your own. Pick one. Play with it. Improv with the idea of the load, with the symptoms. Think in terms of 'Tragicomedy'. Make a story. Use any number of your tools including facial expression, repetition, gesture, body language, word or sound, to develop a short choreography based on becoming overloaded. Afterward, envision an ending you would like to portray; resolution, strategy, solution, madness, collapse, time moves on, etc. Follow the same steps. Create metaphors, play with one, improv. Take the best elements of both exercises and put them together ... well, unless this is one task too many!
Escape and Inspiration
Art: "Behind the Screen? Social Distancing Portraits" a photography exhibit at Ricochet Gallery opened last Friday, running through the end of the month. Free. 1102 Mountain Road NW.
Live Performance, food, exhibits: The State Fair starts Friday, bringing many live performers to the State Fair village and pavilions. Check out the schedule of events here https://statefair.exponm.com/events
Stage: Opera Southwest presents "Le Loup-Garou (The Werewolf)" by Louise Bertin, this weekend at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History Amphitheater 2000 Mountain Road NW. https://www.operasouthwest.org/Opera Southwest will also be celebrating their 50th anniversary with a Gala Oct 1st at the Hotel Albuquerque.
Stage: 'Moulin Rouge!' with the New Mexico Gay Men's Chorus at the Kimo Theater, Saturday at 7pm. https://tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/384937?tc=hmt
Stage: Sandia Performing Arts Company and NHCC present "Our Lady of the Tortilla" Sept. 8-11, https://www.nhccnm.org/event/our-lady-of-the-tortilla/
Online: Get inspired with the Guggenheim's online art collection https://www.guggenheim.org/about-the-collection
Coming up: Two weeks of comedy, "Funny Fiesta" at North Fourth and The Box, Sept 15-25. Individual tickets or Fiesta passes. https://www.northfourthnm.org/n4th-theater, https://www.abqfunnyfiesta.com/2022-fiesta-schedule
In advance: "Thrill the World" a global community project will be coming up in October. Learn the choreography in advance, https://thrilltheworld.com/choreography
