by robert maniscalco | Sep 7, 2020 | World View
This horrific photo, taken in the 1940s, reminds me of when I was nine or ten, my neighbor friend used to yell the n word at the shopping news delivery man from his porch in our suburban Detroit neighborhood. I tried to get my friend to stop his taunting but he...
by robert maniscalco | Sep 5, 2020 | World View
Waiting for the Miracle Here’s the routine. First, Donald Trump says something misleading, racist, or illegal. Then, when people actually call him out, he says he was only “joking” or he denies ever having said it. The latest is Trump’s dangerous urging of North...
by robert maniscalco | Aug 25, 2020 | Motivational, World View
In the Introduction (below) to his tell all book about Trump, his self describe consigliere, Michael Cohen, describes Trump as someone who assumes that “everyone is as corrupt and ruthless and shameless as he is.” That is the best explanation for how on Earth there...
by robert maniscalco | Aug 3, 2020 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Random Favorites, Theatre Related, World View
Here is my response to a fascinating blog about my Alma Matter/professional acting school, Circle in the Square. Much of what we learned at Circle was about neutralization, where the goal is to find our neutral, so we might then add or take away any color, behavior,...
by robert maniscalco | Aug 3, 2020 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View
Is the Old School Effective? In Learning Can Be Painful – Part One, I didn’t get into my experiences in music school with my clarinet teacher. Nor did I delve into my experiences learning the craft of painting from my father. These, and many of the examples I...
by robert maniscalco | Jul 25, 2020 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View
In these tricky times, it is often difficult to get out and enrich the soul. As so many creatives are doing now, Robert leads you on a virtual tour of his work, now on exhibition at Uncork Charleston. Rob’s artist talks are always fascinating and filled with...
