藍花 靠你了！

我有一個寶盒
裡頭裝的都是 怒

原本以為把 怒 裝進寶盒里
就可以心平氣和的與人共處

可是寶盒的空間有限
擁擠的 怒 都爆了出來



原來，把 怒 裝起來
只是在製造一個定時炸彈

怒 是不能收藏起來的
它應該被解化掉的



傳說中有一朵 藍花
它可以把 怒 解化掉

我把 藍花 影印在腦海里
希望它能常常幫我解化掉討人厭的 怒

 
藍花 靠你了！

祝..... 旅程愉快！

《有魔法的流浪者》 帶了她的行李箱

...... 走了。

她發現這裡原來也是個小城市，
一個對她沒有信心的城市，
一個沒提供她保護的城市，
一個不屬於她的城市。

天很大，地很廣，
她會繼續的流浪，
繼續的尋找一個能給她信心和保護的地方。

祝她旅程愉快！

天很大，地很廣，繼續流浪

在城市裏，
指示牌是擺美的，沒人會看。

這就是城市。

原來劇場裏也是個小城市。

城市人是弱者，都需要保護。
我這個 “有魔法的流浪者”，在其他人眼裏，只是個流浪者，沒必要保護。

可惜，很可惜，這次的旅程所留下來的是個 bad after taste。
遺憾，非常遺憾。

沒關係，天很大，地很廣，我會獨自硬著頭皮，繼續流浪。

記憶

 

在我們的生命裏

累積了許多記憶

這些記憶

都是自己的記憶嗎？

都是真實的記憶嗎？

有沒有一些是別人強制在你的腦海裏的嗎？

有沒有一些是變制的嗎？

有沒有一些是半實半虛的嗎？

有沒有一些是夢被誤導成記憶的嗎？

記憶可靠嗎？

歷史是記憶的一部分

記憶會隨著時間改變

記憶會隨著時間消失

那歷史所發生的縂縂錯誤事件

會隨著時間變制嗎？

會隨著時間被遺忘嗎？

博客与博客的對話 | 0.1

好不容易讀到《中国是个大花园－榮念曾劇場藝術》的第165頁。
note: I respect the author. Thus, I followed the simplified & traditional Chinese text accordingly.

剛看完第165頁的不久，就讀到以下的博客:

引导演化
当表演者对我说
排你的戏很累的时候我应该如何应对？

碰巧？天意？
兩樣都行。總之，覺得這兩件事情相連。

“「步伐」
我們試著走同樣大小的步伐。然後我們知道尺寸原是如此這般規劃出來。我們試著用同樣速度走一段路，於是發覺時間是間出分秒單位，用來做一種準則，好讓大眾有所印證時的方便。
當大家用同樣大小步伐，同樣的速度去走時，我們找到同步的樂趣。交談的時候，你說你家離我家五百步，我說這是三分鐘的路程，於是大家心照不宣。因為大家用的是共通的語言，尺度。”


要得到這種「步伐」，相信不是在短時間內。

加油！Fighting!!!

甚麼才是「專業化」?

Excerpt from 《中国是个大花园，榮念曾劇場藝術 1984 - 2008》:

榮念曾: "... 關於 Professionalism 這個字的定義是甚麼，也許可以再想一想的。若果我是以朝九晚五的時間打一份話劇工，這是否就代表了 Professional? 但如果你對 Theatre 是有 100% 的 Commitment 的話，我會更尊重這些人。而且，Art 的本質怎會有專業化或不專業化這回事？因為「專業化」是涉及一些買得或賣得的事，形容 Service 就可以，形容 Art 就不可以。Art 是一種表達方式！"

Hmmm.... 「表達的方式」是否有專業化或沒專業化呢？

Conversations with a master | one

Apprentice:
Master, I was traveling on a course but got bumped off suddenly. I have lost my way. Do I carry on with my journey?

Master:
My young apprentice, imagine that your journey is like a flowing stream heading to the sea. When your path runs like that flowing stream, you will bound to encounter water from other paths. Their currents may be stronger than yours and thus would alter your original course. Learn to flow with the new additions. It doesn't matter which path you take because all paths will eventually lead to the open sea.

Conversations with a master | two

Master:
My young apprentice, why are you gazing at the stars?

Apprentice:
Master, I gaze at the stars because I find them mysterious, lonely and sad at the same time.

Master:
How so?

Apprentice:
They flicker about, like trying to catch your attention. It's as though they wish to tell you something. They are always up there, waiting patiently and silently, hoping someone would notice them. And by the time we take note of them, they would have died and disintegrated, leaving behind a very delayed broadcast of a 'video projection' of themselves.

Master:
You have described the stars as though they have a life of their own.

Apprentice:
Yes, master. I choose to retain this world of fantasy so that I can visit it occasionally when I am tired of the real world.

Master:
And what are you tired of at this point?

Apprentice:
Sacrifice.

Waiting.... to achieve...

Waiting....

Waiting and smoking a pack of 'lao hong' (漏風) cigarettes.

Tasteless.



Decision.

Confrontation.

Communication.

Acceptance.





Enlightenment.

Waiting...

This time, waiting to get home.

Waiting to get back to a professional working environment back home.

"A Steady Rain" & Many Steady Phone Calls

NEW YORK - Hugh Jackman knows how to stop the show. He did it recently when a cell phone call interrupted a preview performance of "A Steady Rain," the Broadway play that stars Jackman and Daniel Craig. The moment captured on an amateur video shown by the TMZ.com Web site appears to have been recorded by someone in the audience.

It shows Jackman breaking character to tell the owner of the ringing cell phone, "You want to get that?" as the audience erupts in cheers. As the ringing persists, Jackman pleads: "Come on, just turn it off." He then paces the stage of the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, waits about a minute for the ringing to stop and the play resumes.

Producers of "A Steady Rain" declined to comment.

The interruption occurred during an intense moment in the play, when Jackman's character, a Chicago policeman, reveals haunting memories. A customary loudspeaker announcement reminds theatergoers to turn off their phones. Since the incident, ushers who seat patrons and pass out playbills at Schoenfeld are also instructing patrons to silence their phones.

"A Steady Rain," a taut drama about the relationship between two policemen, opens Tuesday for a limited engagement through Dec. 6. The play by Keith Huff already has proven to be a potent box-office winner, playing to capacity audiences since it began previews on Sept. 10.

Jackman won a Tony Award in 2004 for his performance as Peter Allen in the musical "The Boy from Oz." Craig, filmdom's latest James Bond, is making his Broadway debut.

On Broadway: Wolverine and James Bond Vs. Cell Phones

by Leila Brillson (RSS feed) — Sep 28th 2009 at 5:54PM

James Bond (played recently by Daniel Craig) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) are tough guys, but apparently not intimidating enough to silence a cell phone. In a recent production of Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig's 'A Steady Rain' on Broadway, an audience member's phone began ringing, prompting Jackman (without missing a beat or dropping character), to ask the interrupter if they'd like to pick up (video embedded above). As it continued ringing, Jackman even invited the person on stage "if they want to get up and tell their story." Later, another call occurred, and this time Craig retorted.

Despite the rude interjection, it should be noted that both Craig and Jackman -- a Brit and an Aussie, respectively -- kept their accents, and tempers, in check. Also, word to the wise: for the price of a ticket to a sold-out, critically acclaimed show (like 'A Steady Rain'), it's not just the actors that will be annoyed by the cell phone faux pas, but the audience, as well. At least it wasn't a duck. [From: Huffington Post and TMZ]

Hugh Jackman vs. The Ringing Cell Phone

by Elisabeth Rappe Sep 29th 2009 // 4:02PM

Is there anything more annoying than a cell phone ringing in the middle of a movie theater? Yes, there is! A cell phone ringing in the middle of a live play! As you undoubtedly know, Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig are currently treading the boards in A Steady Rain, a gritty Chicago cop drama that just kicked off on Broadway. Now, when you decide to spend the money and see a once-in-a-lifetime performance, you can either give it your full intention and see how genius creates a legend, or you can leave your cell phone on so your friends can call you and find out if Craig's wearing his Bond swimtrunks.

Some jackass decided to do the latter. Perhaps he or she had a death wish to be ripped apart by the bulging muscles that make up Craig and Jackman, or maybe they thought no one would notice if it kept ringing, and ringing, and ringing. Luckily for the idiot, Jackman was a class act. Luckily for the audience, he didn't even break character and practically made it part of the performance. (I would have preferred seeing Craig and Jackman rip the person apart with their bare hands, but I like violence, and the possibility that one or both would have torn their shirt off in doing so.) Check out the video below the jump for a good laugh.

I'd kill to see this play (Gritty 1970s cop drama! Chicago! Hugh Jackman! It's all of my favorite things!) and the fact that some moron has the time, access, and money to just ruin it with a cell phone really irks me. I'm thinking it might be time to require phones be coat-checked before entering a theater, be it at your multiplex or on the Great White Way, because it seems few can be trusted to actually turn them off.

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In character, I've picked up a prop dropped accidentally by a fellow cast during a show.

In character, I've forced opened the set's jammed door - that was not supposed to be jammed - during a show.

But I've never tried - in character - to reprimand a senseless audience who allow his/her mobile to ring during a show.

I'm sure I'll have plenty of opportunity to try this out in future productions because there are just too many self-centred people living amongst us.

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Mime + Pupetry | Jerome Murat

Saw this video clip on Daily Motion & Youtube 2 years ago.

Will never get tired of watching it.

Life Moves On

“Death is continuous from the moment of birth, from the moment of creation.”
~ taken from “What makes You Not a Buddhist” by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse.

WHISPERS has come to a close.

Right from the start of this production, I have already anticipated its end. Thus, I don't feel any post-show blues. This anticipation is positive and healthy.

I've enjoyed the entire process of WHISPERS.

Memories of it will remain in my head.

Meanwhile, life moves on.

Occasionally, if I miss WHISPERS, I can always visit the site http://fingerplayers.com/whispers/ for some happy reading.