Just Kidding

This play was not only very funny but it was the first production at that the melodrama that was set in a modern setting. While I had seen many things at the melodrama and most of the time the players give a more modern feel to A Christmas Carol, it was a new experience to see them in a different light. The story itself was amazing as well because while as first it seemed farfetched that Calvin could pull the whole thing off without being caught the suspicion of the photographers being on the take it allows for the possibility that Calvin could get as far as he does. The actors also did a wonderful job being their characters they were able to really capture the heart that embodied the emotions of the events that were taking place. It was really as if I had a window into another world with a whole new set of problems and people than I experience in usual life. One of the other things that is always so amazing when I go to the melodrama is the environment which allows you to let yourself to be transported to an imaginary world where all you have to do is watch it unfold around you. But there is also some residual feelings of my childhood whenever I am there a feeling that is a little beyond explanation it is as if I can sit down with my younger self he has none of the worries or problems of this world and it lets me go back there to see and experience the world through younger eyes when things had just begun and my world was so much smaller than the one I have today. It is a comfortable feeling but only for a time because after it is over I must return to the surface of my existence and take another breath. I stretch out in the night after watching another world take place and think of my world and what it is like and why. I begin my journey of self examination again and look back on all that has changed since I traveled to this magical building in the fourth grade and can’t help but marvel at where my path has taken me and where it will continue to lead me. The power of such a place goes beyond all reason and understanding and leaves you back at the beginning of a trail that has not been completed. I have often wondered why these things run through me but I think it is just part of the memories of the melodrama.
There are so many things that make the melodrama such a mystical place but so many of them are beyond words. The sawdust on the floor, the sing along, the happy birthday and anniversary call, and the piano all these things make up part of a place that is unique to itself and lets you experience the magic of that place each time that you come back and it is with great joy and love for their art that the actors pass to the audience that really lets you get drawn into that world and let be a part of it. Other than that I don’t know what to say I can’t explain exactly what it is like to be there because although you are just watching a play if you let you are not there at all and that is the goal of any cast to let the viewer leave the world around them if only for a short while. Thank you for the experience and enjoy the time that you have.

An Experience of Altered Consciousness

Good morning and welcome to the show. today we will be discussing consciousness a very deep and confusing subject for many. the thing to remember is that while it is a lot of fun to go and ponder these mysteries it is only using up your time that you have to question and doubt what is around you. while it is fun, all it lets you do is enjoy a game and if that is all you want go ahead and play but that is not what gives me the most joy in life.






An Experience of Altered Consciousness

Consciousness comes in many forms and one of mine was especially interesting to me. For no particular reason whatsoever I decided to stay awake as long as I could. The task became very challenging as time drew out and I can say for most certain it was an altered state. It may seem strange that I would do this maybe even crazy but I believe that experiencing different states is a key element in understanding them.
The day started off in a normal way it was only as encountered the early morning that i experiencing difficulty. As I made it into the next day I decided to watch the sun rise. While I cannot accurately describe the sheer beauty or exuberance of the moment, it was as if my soul was being filled with light. Not only was there joy and love but that I should experience these things. As the day progressed things continued to go well I spent the entire day enjoying it for what it was another day in my tiny little life. that night I stood up for myself in a way that I would not normally do and as I worked into the next day as I was walking home at three a.m. the sky and the street lights looked so beautiful. It was like looking at the most breathtaking landscape and then realizing that id been there all my life. It was a beautiful end to a beautiful day and one that I would never trade away.
It is only when we let ourselves see the complex metropolis as a living breathing moving thing in and of itself that we accept the world for what it is. This look through a different state makes for an amazing revelation in the soul it helps the individual seek out the good to find things that spread joy and that is something we all need more of. To live a life and find the good
in it, to go through this experience and learn something about it and even better to learn something about myself. I have spent the last thirteen months going over and over in my mind as to why this all is happening. Sometimes it helps sometimes it doesn't but other states show a different side to the world and that has the power to let you see the beauty in what’s around you and let the world be as you see it and to just ride the wave.
There are many ideas and theories as to why we exist, and why we think, and why we do all of the things that we do. That will not do anything for us. The thing that needs to be looked at is whatever builds you up. Whatever you do in this world that will make you feel more complete and once you find it you have to grab hold and never let go. The great depression epidemic in this country is fueled by a failure to do whatever it is that completes you. That is where the true failure of our culture lies. No longer do we take the time to enjoy the world we keep running to catch the water at the end of the mirage and it just isn’t there. Many of our problems could be solved if we took the time to find what we really want to do.
In conclusion it is important that I make myself clear as to my aim what does this knowledge pose to let me gain. How can my understanding be of any use to myself or on a larger scale how can my understanding help unravel problems for the masses? And there seems to be a relatively simple answer to these questions; for me and for the rest of the world that I touch it helps show how to just live in enjoyment of each moment of my microscopic second that is my life. There seems to be a lot in this world that I do not understand but that’s all right this moment is happening exactly how this moment is happening and that is what I took away from my experience. That it is all right for things to keep going and that you can’t stop what’s coming, trusting that you can deal with whatever comes next is the largest boulder to set down. I hope
that you understand the peace I speak of if you don’t I do hope it comes to you. I have enjoyed your class very much thank you for all of the thought you have stirred up.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!The world forgetting, by the world forgot.Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;

Alexander Pope, "Eloisa to Abelard"

What would you do if i sang out of tune

i am feeling more and more like im on the edge of waking up maybe you think im crazy maybe you think im sane but i continue to feel as if this reality has been placed in front of me as a distraction and i want to see the man behind the curtain i would not mind if this perception is unreal but i want to know if it is.

where are we headed where is the world going and what does it mean?