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Double-Speak

by netGALAXY Studios | Feb 28, 2014 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

Fight for Peace! There is an insane culture of Double-speak in this country. Following is by no means a complete list: We must . . . tolerate others’ intolerance. protect our freedom by curtailing others’ freedoms. protect our right to impede others’ rights. execute...

Why, oh Why do we do it?

by netGALAXY Studios | Feb 20, 2014 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

Sometimes we wonder why we make art, against all odds. We fail. We fail to connect. We fail to see. We fail to be seen. Even our triumphs seem so short-lived. It seems so meaningless, so empty. We feel like giving up. Others do what we do so much better, so much...

Progress

by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 22, 2014 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree. William Blake Is this not happening right now? As individuality is being absorbed by the corporate behemoth, we find ourselves wondering why society is becoming more cynical, rather than...

The Chosen

by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 21, 2014 | Art Instruction, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

"Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love." Martin Luther King, Jr The following is...

A Conversation with Mary

by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 17, 2014 | Art Instruction, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

Being Grateful Mary witnessed a subtle smile sneak across my face when I was writing in my journal this morning. She asked me why I was smiling. I told her she was observing the quiet, subtle but deeply satisfying feeling that a person has when they turn a phrase or...

Law of Attraction – Revisited

by netGALAXY Studios | Jan 8, 2014 | Art Instruction, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

You Don't attract what you want. You attract what you believe. The Law of Attraction has always been presented to me, or at least in my understanding of it, was that wanting something enough would cause a thing to become true; that what I visualize, focus on, becomes...

Conversation with Fredric DeJaco

by netGALAXY Studios | Dec 19, 2013 | Art Instruction, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

I recently had a fascinating conversation with local actor and playwright, Fredric DeJaco, who closes as Scrooge this weekend at the Footlight Theatre, to find out why a veteran actor has decided to start writing plays in his early sixties. Fredric has completed...

Here Comes Santa Clause

by netGALAXY Studios | Dec 16, 2013 | Motivational, Theatre Related, Uncategorized, World View | 0 Comments

[youtube]http://youtu.be/RlGI0yTmkQE[/youtube] As many of you know, I have been playing Santa on Facetime this year. Why? Because I believe in Santa. It's been a very meaningful project and I'm humbled by each and every amazing experience in which I have been a...

Being in the Zone vs. Zoning Out

by netGALAXY Studios | Dec 11, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, World View | 0 Comments

If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness. Les Brown Being in the Zone The term is used quite loosely to express that feeling of freedom, when time seems to stop and we do...

Why Are You an Artist?

by netGALAXY Studios | Nov 6, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View | 1 Comment

We saw the movie, "Gravity" last night. Cate commented after: "Space exploration is a waste of money. How do Sandra Bullock's (or Captain Kirk's) personal epiphanies and discoveries really benefit Earth and are their "great stories" really worth the cost?" It...

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