Compassion for myself at a time when I'm starting to feel a tsunami of work coming over me and like I'm going to drown. I just found out that the book chapter I'm writing for a compilation about resiliency and art therapy is not due in 6 months. It's due the same time that my solo art exhibit needs to go up - Oct 1. Yikes. I've been anxious and distracted for the past two days.
So this morning I meditated and did Qi Gong exercises. Even with my mind racing and bouncing around like a grasshopper, the focused breathing of the Four Golden Wheels helped me calm down. It became a little clearer and I was able to just do one thing at a time when I felt a compulsion to do everything at once and myself spinning out of control - coming undone. Whatever I am able to do will be enough and I am grateful to have such problems! I have opened myself up to possibilities and they are arriving all at once. I must pull myself together to greet my guests.
A lovely example of compassion in art is the new film by my friend Lourival Chiarentin which I saw premiered at the New Hope, PA Film Festival tonight. It's called Benjy Lucas and is about a man who forgets the purpose of compassion in life until he remembers a favorite pet pig from his childhood and how that helped him transcend poverty, adversity and the throes of early adolescence in a rural Brazilian town. The film is a wonderful mix of real world stories told of life under a dictatorship yet with comedic lightness and charm. It is both Fellini and Disneyesque with a complex and brilliant cast, particularly the ensemble of child actors none of whom have ever acted before. The Abbott and Costello tag team of the two lead child actors playing Benjy and best friend Alex are just naturals.
These two companions will do anything to spare the life of Benjy's pet spotted pig Jeffery whom the local villagers would like to turn into bacon. Kindness and gentleness win out over brutality and cruelty. A refreshing sight for sore eyes.
www.facebook.com/Benjy-Lucas-869184266467807/?pnref=story
So this morning I meditated and did Qi Gong exercises. Even with my mind racing and bouncing around like a grasshopper, the focused breathing of the Four Golden Wheels helped me calm down. It became a little clearer and I was able to just do one thing at a time when I felt a compulsion to do everything at once and myself spinning out of control - coming undone. Whatever I am able to do will be enough and I am grateful to have such problems! I have opened myself up to possibilities and they are arriving all at once. I must pull myself together to greet my guests.
A lovely example of compassion in art is the new film by my friend Lourival Chiarentin which I saw premiered at the New Hope, PA Film Festival tonight. It's called Benjy Lucas and is about a man who forgets the purpose of compassion in life until he remembers a favorite pet pig from his childhood and how that helped him transcend poverty, adversity and the throes of early adolescence in a rural Brazilian town. The film is a wonderful mix of real world stories told of life under a dictatorship yet with comedic lightness and charm. It is both Fellini and Disneyesque with a complex and brilliant cast, particularly the ensemble of child actors none of whom have ever acted before. The Abbott and Costello tag team of the two lead child actors playing Benjy and best friend Alex are just naturals.
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| Louis Chiarentin and his cinematographer |
These two companions will do anything to spare the life of Benjy's pet spotted pig Jeffery whom the local villagers would like to turn into bacon. Kindness and gentleness win out over brutality and cruelty. A refreshing sight for sore eyes.
www.facebook.com/Benjy-Lucas-869184266467807/?pnref=story
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| The child stars of Benjy Lucas |
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