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Vincent John Doe Piccolo Spoletto Wrap-up

by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 19, 2018 | Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

We did it! Three amazing world premiere performances of Vincent John Doe at City Gallery, part of Piccolo Spoletto 2018, are now behind us. It was surreal for this playwright/actor, after all that work, over so many years, to receive standing O's, applause after each...

Spiritual Warfare

by netGALAXY Studios | Aug 9, 2017 | Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

Today, on the way to the WCBD News 2 for an interview (below) to plug the closing night conversation around my exhibit, "The Quench Project and the Mire of Desire," my son asked me if I'd rather be famous or have a lot of money. My answer surprised me....

Beauty and the Beast

by netGALAXY Studios | Jul 25, 2017 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

Our family rented the movie, Beauty and the Beast, last night. Cate and I find it very moving, in all its incarnations. I've never fully understood why this particular story has such power for me. Here's one attempt at an answer. The beauty represents our longing for...

Start with the Idea

by netGALAXY Studios | May 26, 2017 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

"Find the art in yourself, not yourself in the art." Constantin Stanislavski People often tell me they really want to be an artist and ask me what they should do to become successful. Most of them have stars in their eyes and are looking at me to feed their ego. "Do...

All Our Yesterdays

by netGALAXY Studios | Mar 16, 2017 | Motivational, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

Something got a hold of me and I decided to convert some of the old films I acted in back in my NYC days into DVDs. I made these in the late 80s and they look a bit dusty. They were mostly shot on 16 m and shown at student film festivals. They were the final projects...

Prayer of Redemption

by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 6, 2017 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

Today was a juxtaposition of shocking evidence that Roof had written another manifesto in prison, drawing Nazi symbols on his shoes, shoes he was wearing in court as recently as this week. This was interspersed between more beautiful and moving testimony about the...

My Higher Self

by netGALAXY Studios | Jul 14, 2016 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

Today I am grateful for the gift of recognition. I have worked hard over my 38 year career and been richly rewarded in what may seem to the outside world a very storied career. While the stories have not always been pretty or pleasant, I am no less grateful to those...

Why We’re Here

by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 3, 2016 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View | 2 Comments

A letter to fellow creatives I get that I'm just a regular fella; nothing I do entitles me to any more favor than anyone else. God loves me the same as he loves everyone. His love is unconditional and absolute. I also get that we live in a society that celebrates the...

The Pollyanna Principle

by netGALAXY Studios | Sep 3, 2015 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

I've been singing, acting, writing and painting for many years, thinking I was bringing something to these disciplines, something valuable, something of beauty. It is humbling, to say the least, when we inevitably encounter those moments which awaken us from the...

Practice

by netGALAXY Studios | May 9, 2015 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. People who know, who have achieved anything close to mastery in any discipline will repeat the practice mantra until they're blue in the face. "Practice, not talent, is the key to success," they will...

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