by Shari | Feb 10, 2020 | America, art, beauty, children, Life in General
Snow falls and swirls in puffs or icy shards, it smooths the surface of the world in a way that would seem to dim shapes and steal color. It makes everything look the same, dull and uniform. But look again, each flake has the opalescent quality made of icicles, of...
by Shari | Jun 30, 2013 | Acting & Experiences, Life in General, mental illness
This is one of my favorite quotations. As far as I know the author is anonymous, and this poem is inscribed on the base of a sun dial at a University. The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and...
by Shari | Jan 11, 2013 | Life in General
Putting together a film crew, cast, and post-production team is something most people will never do, which is a good thing, because it takes more work, finesse and time than most humans have the patience for or the endurance to survive. Lots of people think they...
by Shari | Dec 20, 2012 | Life in General
I would call them ‘my children’ but they are so much cooler than that even with, or perhaps in spite of, the natural tendency toward mortification in all teens. I’ve directed a few show in my day, everything from Shakespeare to original pieces, but it’s...
by Shari | Aug 29, 2012 | Shakespeare, Theatre
Opening night! I spent most of the two hours, I got to the theatre early, before the show fixing peoples costumes, (why can’t twenty-somethings handle a needle and thread? Who wants to be that helpless?), setting props and, finally getting myself dressed and...