Word Tattoo
I invite you to join me on a journey to explore memories of the future.
a blog by john-michael korpal
Artists Of The Wall ~ #141
Wanted to share my contribution to the “Artists Of The Wall” weekend in Rogers Park!
Ginkgo Revisited
Ginkgo biloba
This tree”s leaf which here the East
In my garden propagates,
On its secret sense we feast,
Such as sages elevates.
Is it one but being single
Which as same itself divides ?
Are there two which choose to mingle,
So that one each other hides ?
As the answer to such question
I”ve found a sense that”s true:
Is it not my songs”s suggestion
That I”m one and also two ?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1815
Love Poem to Marianne von Willemer
Mirror
They capture our images, memories, happiness, sadness ~ hopes and dreams
Reflecting back to us what is true to us in that moment.
We see only what we accept to be true about ourselves reflecting our fears, insecurities and anxieties.
They hold the images of our history, our friends our many stages of life-
They watch us grow old.
JMK
Morning Light Reflected
Walking home today
Light reflected within me
shadows fill the voids
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Keep Calm…
Fear Is A Choice
The Set from Phoenix ~
I wanted to wait till the end of the run to share!
This is the backdrop I designed and created for Phoenix, a play presented by Nomades, a nomadic theatre company, hosted at Side Project Theatre in Rogers Park.
It was great fun to create and a wonderful opportunity to work with some amazing people!
Check out their blog at www.nomadestheatre.com/blog
Phoenix
Phoenix premiered at the 2010 Humana Festival of New American Plays and is the inaugural production for Nomades: A Nomadic Theatre.
Directed by Carrie Lee Patterson
Visual Artist/ Scenic Designer John-Michael Korpal
Featuring Annelyse Ahmad & Jordan Deffenbaugh
PHOENIX~ by Scott Organ
April 17, 18, 19, 24, 25
7:30 PM
The Side Project Theatre
1439 W Jarvis Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
For tickets, click here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2531757
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
When Bruce and Sue meet four weeks after an uncharacteristic one-night-stand, Sue has this to say to him: one, I had a great time with you that night and two, let’s never see each other again. Thus begins a 4,000 mile journey well beyond the confines of their carefully structured worlds. Bruce is fueled by an overwhelming but undefined compulsion to join her in Phoenix. Sue is reluctantly charmed by his persistence, but steadfast in her resolve to keep him at bay. Both are forced to consider a whole new world of possibility, though not one free of difficulty and loss.
