Archive for the ‘Art’ Category

Holding the gate open.

Ushering in another seeker, holding the gate open as another man moves out  and away from shame. I hope his life can be blessed with JOY. Today I had the singular pleasure of living and being in an Exquisite Connection.

Thanks Sister Merry Peter for the reminder that everything is a reflection. All that comes before me is very much a reflection or myself.  Tonight I had the treat of seeing and meeting some of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The work of these men as Sisters is an inspiration and a delightful blessing to the world.

I am happy and glad in this moment. Joyful to be brazen. Ecstatic to be free.

The Fluid State of the Ecstatic Path ~ Piazza Navonna 2009

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Exploration.

Exploring, going on a journey to find new and yet undiscovered territory. I love to explore and seek out new and sample unknown and move to the edge to see some new and until now unvisited place. This exploration could be within myself or on another part of the globe. Exploring with an open heart and mind and body brings me excitement and the pleasure of new discoveries.

Today I will explore, and seek new discoveries within myself

New Shoes

Exploring the markets of Bologna ~ Italy

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Hope ~ the Mantra for Today

Today I will be hopeful and remain in the expansive quality that opens in me when I am filled with Hope.

Hope to Return - Rome ~ December 2009

In 1947 Reich was accused in the press of starting a “new cult of sex and anarchy”.

 I wonder if Sexual Freedom and Sexual Anarchy are often combined, misinterpreted or just plain confused for each other. Considering that many come out of a very repressive “domestication” or development around sex I am not surprised that some might see Sexual Freedom and Sexual Anarchy as the same thing. I like to think that I can seperate the two, and I hope that I am successful.

This is an interesting read:

Sex Research in America – From Here to Eternity

Another:

Wilhelm Reich: the man who invented free love

The theme for today Love and Sex – Freedom andExpression.

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10 days – A SLICE of Life – Phillip and the Juicy Heart

So the last 10 days have been all about travelling along with my Husband as he fulfills a dream and carries out a very edgy task. What he did was produce a play. A one act play. Sounds simple and the whole thing was simple as well as immensely complex.

For the last 6 months Tony has worked on all aspects of the production of this play. I have been there with him and been there to help, if needed, and stepped back to give him the space he desired, if that is what he requested. The ebb and flow within our relationship was a sweet prelude to the actual opening of the play. The OPENING was like taking a piece of living breathing flesh, a work of art and putting it forward, heart in hand for the world to savour and enjoy or take in and spit out.  The courage and fortitude that my dear husband has is astounding to me and an inspiration.

My job was to stand by my man as he lived his dream. He has done this so often for me that it was my pleasure to do the same for him. It has been my great joy to be with my Love as over the last 10 days we together have been inspired and excited, devastated and squashed, thrilled and scared, blissful and fatigued. Everything has been that which is what life is. To experience all of the all of LIFE is the inspiration of breath and the revitalization of actually living.

The past 10 days have been startling, surprising. I see my life spread before me and can know that there are parts good and parts bad. That there are elements of my life I want and desire and others that I do not care for. My knowing, having gone through all of these 10 days and the six months before is that the simple naive and chaotic joy of creation fills me with the force of life.

There were times in the 10 days that I felt 100 years old, dry, wizened and fatigued. This state I loath. And there were other times when I felt I was a new born, innocent and unknowing. This naive state, is where I adore being.

I slept well last night and dreamed and explored in unknow realms. What I discovered as I awoke was that if, over the past 10 days; IF, I remained naive and curious, I was okay, life was good and everything would go smoothly. I believe that the state of naivety, curiosity and chaos combined to have ne be on edge and constantly resonding, creating and being myself.

I resolve to strive for the naivity, creativity and to play in the chaos. These three elements naivety, creativity and chaos are where I find JUICE. Lots and Lots of JUICE!

the JUICY Heart ❤


The Radiance and Explosion of the Sacred JUICY Heart! – July 2011

 

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Sunday July 10th.
Great show again!
Some thoughts about the show.

It is stunning and startling how the drama and intensity of this 55 minute show leaves the audience shell shocked.

In that brief 55 minutes the steely determination and fluidity of the three actors playing Jaspers, Michaels and Gregory, 3 inmates convicted of murder, sweeps the audience with the ballooning of fantasy, blurred into the bleakness of the momentary reality of these three convicts. The three actors in this show are dynamic and do a spellbinding job of stirring senses and emotions.

This one act play brings forth the raw and disturbing feelings that come forward when: masculine and feminine roles, sexuality and gender become unbalanced and unresolved. The audience is witness to lying, manipulation, murder, ambiguous and blatant- lust and desire, prison cell sex games gone wrong. The spiraling of energy spun by the actors leaves the audience disturbed and shaken wondering what horror they have been a part of.

Spinning this dramatic energy, weaving the plots and fantasies and dreams of these three men. The actors are able to cast a spell over the audience that takes breath and sense away.

KUDOS to the ensemble and their innate and committed ability to work with each other and share the depths of themselves, creating a vivid and startling theatrical experience.

This show is well rehearsed and choreographed. The simplicity of the setting and lack of visual distraction make the witnessing of the horrific dreams and surprising fantasies even more compelling.

Another great show. A sleeper within this FRINGE Festival, a must see. Well worth the effort to get to Theatre Passe Muraille at 16 Ryerson.

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Agony and Ecstasy

Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place

FRINGING  – Toronto Fringe Festival

Great Show Opening Night and another Great Show on Saturday afternoon. Looking forward to the Passion and Power at the show this afternoon. Come out and be MOVED!

Sunday July 10,  5:45 pm Theatre Passe Muraille – Main Stage, ensure your rush tickets by arriving at 5:15

Warning: Sexual Content, Graphic Violence and Mature Language

The Boy are HOT and the Men are a bit Queer.
Mommy gets killed and these guys show no FEAR!

Watch the Battle of Masculine and Feminine. See the manipulation, degradation and humanity that 3 men move through as they are Locked up TIGHTLY in a Jail Cell.

The Curious Heart very Juicy today

Prison Riot

Keep Tightly Program for print 1
Keep Tightly Program for print
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An Invitation across the Nation…

I am so happy to send this offering to you.

 

In sending you this invitation, I hope to help my husband Tony, ensure the great success of a wonderful piece of theatre that he is presenting at the Toronto Fringe, July 8th thru 17th. 

Don’t miss this! Opening Friday July 8th at 9:15 pm

 

Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place by Lesbian Feminist Avant-garde playwright Megan Terry

Prison Drama – 3 men in a jail cell exploring, discovering their sexual identity, tweaking their masculinity, experimenting with their femininity. Witness these three men as they figure out their relationship and who will come out on top.

Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place

Presented by Tony Dunn and Lift the Lid Theatre Company

Starring Guy Castonguay, Alastair Love and Adam Christie

Directed by Tony Dunn

Warning there is: Sexual Content, Graphic Violence and Mature Language

Opening at Theatre Passe Muraille  – 16 Ryerson Avenue – 9:15 pm Friday July 8th

The show continues:

Saturday July 9th at 4:00 pm

Sunday July 10th at 5:45 pm

Tuesday July 12th at 1:00 pm

Wednesday July 13th at 11:15 pm

Friday July 15th at 9:45 pm

Sunday July 17th at 2:45 pm

Tickets by phone at: 416-966-1062 or by the web at: http://www.fringetoronto.com or at the gate box-office at Theatre Passe Muraille Main space 16 Ryerson Avenue

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Check out what xtra Toronto has to say:Queer Prison Drama at the Toronto Fringe

Scroll down to Prisoner of Misogyny

Best Regards – I look forward to seeing you at the theatre

Phillip Coupal

a VERY Juicy Heart ❤

Agony and Ecstasy

Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place was featured in the June 30th edition of XTRA Toronto

A Prisoner of Misogyny

Agony and Ecstasy

The Agony and Ecstacy of “Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place”

Prison Riot

Prison Riot – “Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place”

All of the great publicity for the play has me ecited and very JUICY today!

❤ the Juicy Heart