Beer Fast ~ Day 5, part 2
I’ve emerged enough to be able to type again. In the middle of the dark moment there, I muttered aloud, why am i doing this? Speaking aloud to yourself really helps. Or at least it helps me: I heard the question as though some else was asking. Why AM I doing this? Let’s check in with the intentions.
Beer Fast ~ Day 5, part 1
10 AM – When I was meditating yesterday day I felt this bubble of fury build up in me. A sphere of fiery red energy ballooned up and I was surrounded by anger, defensiveness, and fear. Could it be that as the fast proceeds and my body consumes the as-of-yet undigested burritos still stored in my intestines for God knows how long, that I would, on a parallel track, work through as-of-yet undigested emotions?
Beer Fast ~ Day 4
Today Liz and I took the train to Florence for a meeting with an excellent new friend of the Project, Doug Platt. He just happens to live in a former convent. It is a beautiful home with stunning grounds. It might have been the biggest challenge to the fast yet: sitting at the dinner table with Doug, Liz, and his three kids, while they ate what smelled like delicious arancini (traditional Roman fried rice balls stuffed with a variety of different things), ribs, green beans, porky somethingerothers, and salad. Luckily, I had a really good beer.
Beer Fast ~ Day 3
Today, Day 3, I got up at 6am to get to the office for an early morning my time, late evening in the States Skype call. So I’ve flopped the schedule for working in the morning and studio time in the evening. Liz got up that early too, to drive the clowns to the train station.
Cirque en Déroute: Bravo!
Cirque en Déroute is more than a performance troupe. They are three fascinating artists dedicated to continually honing their crafts, human beings searching their souls, formidable clowns who honor the long history of circus with the intentionality, attention, and grace. Faeble Kievman, with tattoos on his head, face, and limbs, has a smile that reaches into […]
Beer Fast ~ Day 2
Nathan was fresh out of another meditation retreat. He said, “Wow. Have you ever fasted? Fasting and meditation really do go great together.”
American Artists Engage Ancient Monastic Practice: Ingest Only Beer for 14 Days
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 9 May 2012 American Artists Engage Ancient Monastic Practice: Ingest Only Beer for 14 Days In their investigation of secular monasticism, a pair of American artists living and working in monastery of art in Italy will fast for 14 days, following the monastic practices of monks who came before them. For two […]
Ad Mortem – video preview!
Check out this promotional video for our summer spettacolo, premiering July 2012 at Art Monastery Italia: More information (web page only in Italian): www.artmonastery.org/ad-mortem
Inside the Process: One Month To Go
Liz Maxwell is the Artistic Director of the AMP, and the theater director of the summer piece. Here she shares some personal reflections on starting that process: In just one month, the artists arrive, and we begin. I’m absolutely exhilarated and thoroughly terrified about this. For almost an entire year now, I’ve been visioning, fantasizing, and […]
Artmonk-in-Residence: Andi Hemmenway
We are delighted to host Andi Hemmenway as an Artmonk-in-Residence this summer! Andi Hemmenway is a musician of diverse interests and experience. She has played everything from J. S. Bach to Hank Williams and has performed in venues from Carnegie Hall to the ancient sidewalks of Athens, Greece. She began music at an early age, singing, playing […]
