It has always been one of my Favorite Things!
People Coming Together!
I was a Theater Geek in High School — I think mainly because of the way people came together toward one Goal.
And it was tangible — the momentum of a Group of People
To Create a Show…
To Create a Country…
To Create some Vision of the World…
Lately, I find myself immersed in Community!
And Deeply Moved by its Power!
The Brahman!
The Expanse of one Soul! (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on September 3, 2018
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2018/09/03/community-2/
So, what’s been going on lately?
An Abundance of Miracles!
Can you see them?
Can you feel them?
Are you looking?
Look Harder!
They are there!
They often come in GiftWrap that makes it easy not to recognize them.
All those seemingly stressful and overwhelming things going on?
All those interruptions to your day to day plans, referred to as “Life Happens!”?
All those items cramming your “Things to Do” List?
They just might be Miracles!
Here’s a few on my List, Today…
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on July 29, 2018
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2018/07/29/blessed/
As Classes for this Semester come to completion, and the Season of Commencement is upon us, I offer this in honor of my students, past, present, and future. Perhaps it will speak to the Artist in each of us…
Be not afraid.
You are Safe.
Your time here is short — briefer even than we think.
This World is not made to sustain ethereal Souls such as yourself for too long
Perhaps you are from another ether and must return there;
Perhaps the oxygen here cannot sustain your delicate lungs long-term.
Either way, you must get to work.
You mustn’t dawdle.
Mustn’t stravage.
Do what you are here to do.
You must Begin!
When someone arrives with a precious Gift such as yours,
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on May 7, 2018
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2018/05/07/to-the-artist-with-the-broken-wing/
My weathered copy of HENRIK IBSEN’s A DOLL’S HOUSE
As a Casting Director, I have to see pretty much Everything.
Knowing Actors’ performances & capabilities beyond what they might do in the Audition Room is essential.
It enables me to speak up for them!
It is Important, and a responsibility which I take very seriously.
I know to those not in Show Business, this might seem terribly glamorous —
What a Great Job!
Imagine if seeing Shows all the time were your Work!
Well, YES!
I Love my Work!
But as it happens, Producers do not provide Casting Directors with free tickets. (These are the same Producers who expect me to have seen everything when they hire me!)
So, I do a lot of Rush Tickets.
Having been away for a few weeks,
And with a heavy Travel Schedule over this past little while,
I had some shows to catch up on.
It was my plan (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on August 1, 2017
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2017/08/01/miracles-in-the-tapestry/
Today I celebrate the work that I do!
I know.
There is a special Day set aside the first Monday in September to Celebrate our Labor!
And that’s Great!
But I Love the Work that I do, and to Celebrate That only one day a year seems like hardly enough!
Oh, and it’s not just because I work in Show Business,
And that’s’ Fun (most days!)
It’s really just because I work!
I Love Work!
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on June 18, 2017
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2017/06/18/the-work-that-we-do/
Radko Chain Link Garland
Christmas Decorations away…
The usual flood of memories and feelings that accompany the various keepsakes…
One that stands out is a colorful Radko chain link style garland, bought years ago at Bloomingdale’s After-Christmas Sale. Each link is made of countless strands of twirled tinsel. The slightest snag completely ruins the look, and it is prone to unraveling at the smallest inadvertent tug.
Back then, the Clerk who helped us was a middle-aged African American Gentleman. (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on January 9, 2014
https://livethequestionsnow.com/2014/01/09/do-good-work/
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