"Why I Write In Pen" A Poem by Alexis

As we talked about our dreams, and how we plan to achieve them, in the DIC last Friday, Alexis, a cast member explained to us why she writes in pen, and how she uses that writing as a metaphor for how she lives her life.

She wrote this poem, and created the following video to explain it to the world:

"Why I Write in Pen" by Alexis Buchanan

To me, when you make a mistake in life, you can't necessarily go back and erase it.
Just as in math class, I've made plenty of bad decisions in the past,
And if I ever took them back, I would have never learned, and I never learned, then I'd still be the same way I was yesterday.
Which, I believe, that tomorrow, we aren't the same as the day before.
When you write in pencil, and you make a mistake, you erase it, because of the eraser.
Therefore, you'll never learn from that pencil error and there will be a big dark spot on that clean piece of paper.
Writing in pen is like life.
You cannot erase what has already happened.
But you can scratch it out and make it better next time.
That is why I should write in PEN!!!

Writing from the Play

As we continue rehearsing for the play, we've decided to focus our writing and development into material about dreams. As an ensemble, we are exploring dreams for ourselves, for the people in our lives, and our community as a whole.

Lala, who's photos were featured in our last post, is also a member of the cast. At last Monday's rehearsal, she worked on this piece, about a dream for  her community:

A dream of completion:
There is a group of people that struggles with confidence, abuse, addiction, physical complication, illness and finance.
Everyone struggles and my vision is that completion would manifest
For the several people that struggle with the same issues.
I would educate on resources, self help, motivate and help create solutions.
The only challenge that there would be is dealing wtih the many behaviors people come with.
You can only help someone
As much as they are willing to help themselves.

Lala's Photos and Writing

Lala is a writer, as well as an artist, so when she took some photos with us last week she knew she wanted to include writing as well. She embedded lines of poetry into each of her photos, as you can see below here:

and here:

Now we're working with these photos, and several others, to develop a video piece, putting words, images and music together. Check back for updates to see the finished piece!

First Rehearsal Monday

Rehearsals for the third annual collaboration between the Tumbleweed DIC and the Phoenix Fringe Festival start this week!

For cast members - we will be rehearsing on MONDAY from 10:00am-1:00pm at the Burton Barr Central Library in Meeting Room A (first floor, across from the bathrooms).

Clients - it's not too late to get involved! Email Sarah at tumbleweedtheater@gmail.com for more info!

Hector's Photos

Hector (above) is an amazing visual artist - check out this one of his paintings, on display in the DIC. 

 

Though he's usually a drawer and a painter, last week he tried out some photography, and took the following photos of the space around the drop in center.

More after the jump!