Tag Archives: performance

operational inefficiency

Posted on May 21, 2018 by The Lost Pedestrian

today was one of those days where my infrastructure was experiencing an operational inefficiency. my performance across cross-functional teams could have been more optimal. partly because I am still learning the workflows and partly because I forgot so shake the … Continue reading →

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Autumn Inn

Posted on December 4, 2016 by The Lost Pedestrian

an overflow of unfortunate decisions and nondecisions that began at 1:00 a.m when I suddenly had an urgency to create a short video piece that I for whatever reason I just had to post on Facebook at that moment… or else. 1:45 … Continue reading →

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turkey in the straw

Posted on November 2, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

i’m in huge trouble. you might say, a world of trouble. although i’ve been feeling that it might be time to accept that i don’t have another performance in me, i submitted a proposal to stage a performance at a “fringe” theater … Continue reading →

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out of nowhere

Posted on February 10, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

this playwright friend texted me that she really wanted me to see her new play which ran this weekend, adding that she was almost embarrassed to admit just how much she wanted me to see it. i wasn’t expecting that. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged actors, collaborator, communication, confusion, embarrassment, friendship, Krapp's Last Tape, memory, performance, platonic, playwright, pretensions, Samuel Beckett, trepidation | Leave a comment

pretend harder

Posted on January 30, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

i’ve been trying to figure out why i am so bad at work or work-related presentations–and why they feel so different than performing. is it because i feel like i am being scrutinized and judged based upon criteria that have … Continue reading →

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My Subaru

Posted on January 27, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

for the past 2 nights, i’ve gone to see this company adapt the first 5 minutes of one of my performances from over 20 years ago–part of an entire production consisting of 9 beginnings of 9 performances by 9 different … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anthropology, archeologists, artists, beginnings, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Czechoslovakia, ghost, ghosts, otherworldly, performance, Spain, Subaru | Leave a comment

a mystery

Posted on January 5, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

i’ve been thinking a lot about the snow for well over a minute now. a lot has happened during this minute. so many many things. i’m not quite sure why. 2 people walked through the door of this cafe in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dog, moving images, mystery, New York, now, people, performance, snow, song, video, winter, writing | Leave a comment

after-party

Posted on December 1, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

i think i have partially figured out one possible way to break out of my creative slump. i notice that if i go out to see performances by friends or acquaintances and then hang around after the performances in the theaters … Continue reading →

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the 24th chair

Posted on September 20, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

my shrink asked me what i disliked about the job i vow not to blog about each time i blog. but since this is absolutely the absolute for real final time i will write about it… I will continue…. i … Continue reading →

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air and water

Posted on August 25, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

at my friend L’s wedding today. if L would not have been in it, all would have been lost. especially at the reception, which was lunch at an Indian restaurant for about 20 of us, at this immensely long table. … Continue reading →

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de-lusioned

Posted on April 12, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

there was a time when i just assumed i lived a charmed life. not charmed in the sense of always feeling magical and carefree. but more charmed in the sense that no matter how difficult things were on the outside, … Continue reading →

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bleating heart

Posted on November 8, 2012 by The Lost Pedestrian

after my performance last night, after somehow gluing together 2500 words (not all of them very good words), i seem to have none left. it was such a terrifying thrill to be up there on stage, doing the kind of … Continue reading →

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walls with paper

Posted on August 28, 2012 by The Lost Pedestrian

I am writing to you from the Doubletree Hotel in Rochester, Minnesota. I have been here for about 6 hours and I just noticed that the wallpaper is a rather tasteful white with greenish tint. What compelled me to be … Continue reading →

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