Two fun dreams last night

[chelidon]

Patrick Stewart was instructing me in sword-fighting. Needless to say, it was VERY hawt. And I did, in reality, learn a thing or two, and not only in my head, my body remembered it in the morning. So, stuff I already knew but had forgotten on a conscious level, or a direct link to the akashic record? Dunno. I suspect the trigger was an article I had read yesterday about Stewart's recent and career Shakespearian work (as an aside, I got to see him perform some years ago in Washington Shakespeare Company's "mirror-image" Othello, where he was the lead and the rest of the cast was black, OMG yum) We were working with rapier and sword-and-dagger/two sword styles, so the Shakespearian/stage fighting aspect makes some sense. Take-away message: now that winter is over (much snow shoveling, plowing, lugging cords of wood, etc) I need to get back to some form of regular exercise, my body is aching for more vigorous activity, and...oh, right, was talking to my Ravishing Partner last night about getting my son into a local martial arts school (likely either aikido or karate), and both of us possibly joining him. Check.

I was the new headmaster of a small and well-respected private school, and was being shown around, introduced to the kids and staff, and questioned about my plans. I came up with a series of thoughts about ways to innovate, including a 4-day class schedule with Fridays dedicated to special field trips, hands-on internship work with local leaders in their fields, and long-weekend intensive collaborative art projects (both performing/performance art and decorative arts projects to be performed and installed on campus). I have in fact had a senior administrative spot in a large public school district (180,000 kids), have written extensively about educational theory, praxis and technology, and have talked periodically about the possibility of home-schooling my son (especially for Junior High), but I didn't initially see any thematic connection with the first dream...until I remembered the X-Men movie and Patrick Stewart as Professor Xavier. Oh, right, pop culture ;> So is there a possible future where I help put together a school for fellow unconventional thinkers, oddballs and mutants? ;> I guess we'll see. If I do, I wonder if there's any chance I can hire Patrick Stewart to teach theatre and stage fighting...

Comments

[ravenedgewalker.livejournal.com]

now that's a school I'd go too....

last night I was saying to hol that any film with patrick stewart in couldn't be bad. blush.

btw have you seen 'jeffery' with him in....

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

I'd hire you in a New York minute to teach marine biology... :)

P Stewart is indeed teh hawtness.

And no...haven't seen it yet, but just added it to the Netflix queue (er, position 467, may be a little while..) Thanks!

[ravenedgewalker.livejournal.com]

it's on my list of dvd's to buy so if i get it before June I'll bring it with me!

patrick stewart playing a very gay guy in pink is So worth it....

[jennlynn-green.livejournal.com]

Okay...this is too strange.

I had a dream last week about which I remember little, but one part I remember was that you were there and you were crying and telling me how you'd gone through school to be a Marine Biologist, and had dropped out one credit shy of a degree. It was very a very Dylan "Threw It All Away" moment.

I have no idea what that means (or what that says about my subconscious, the twisty, twisty bastard that it is)...and Patrick Stewart was no where in sight - but you mentioning marine biology just now was a bit too coincidental and I had to comment.

By the way - I would have KILLED to see the version of Othello you mentioned. I remember reading reviews about it at the time and wishing I could travel to see it.

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Weird. Very weird.

And that Othello was just beyond amazing. The racial reversal was Stewart's idea, he'd always wanted to play that role, but figured it would never happen. D.C. is one of the relatively few places with a large enough pool of African-American Shakespearian actors to pull it off easily, and the company jumped at it. It really was ground-breaking in a number of ways, and an absolutely incredible set of performances. Definitely one of my peak theatre moments :) (another was somewhat accidentally getting to see Richard Burton do his Camelot reprise in NYC, just prior to the back injury that saw him replaced with Richard Harris)

[jennlynn-green.livejournal.com]

Wow...you have good karma with theatre/shows and get to see some tasty stuff.

I once saw Derek Jacobi in "Beckett" and Vanessa Redgrave in "When She Danced" (based on the life of Isadora Duncan), both on the West End - both succulent. I also had some nice side-stage seats for Van Morrison, Sinéad O'Connor, Tracy Chapman, Elvis Costello and The Chieftans back in the day when we were doing the Irish theatre thing and worked the Guinness Fleadh each year. Those are some highlights for me.

I've heard a lot of mixed reviews on the D.C. theatre scene. TUTA (the company I work with) began in D.C., which is where I've heard a few comments about it. You make it sound pretty rich though.

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Yum! Good theatre karma for you, too! And those concerts.... ::swoon::

The mixed reviews were quite deserved, I think. It could pretty rich, as long as you know where and when. Actually, I'm really enjoying the scene out here -- not nearly as big as in (any) city, but per capita, I think there's far more live music, theatre and performance out in this region than we had in D.C. I do miss some of the world-class stuff, and really niche stuff that requires large audiences or a large population base, but there's always Boston 2 hrs away, which just seems like such a looooogn way away (and usually, that's a good thing! ;>)

[threefrognight.livejournal.com]

Well, there's also Patrick Stewart's role in the old Dune movie, where he played Gurney and taught whathisface fighting and stuff. All I ever remember is when he walks in the first time and his big line was "FOR THE CROSSING!!" and the way he says it is just *too* silly. But, those both sound like great dreams, and maybe they are foretelling something interesting to come. :)

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

I'd totally forgotten that movie, you're right! And y'know, anything is possible...but whatever else happens, I got to have Patrick Stewart teach me some nifty moves. Life is good.

[morrigandaughtr.livejournal.com]

Engage. :-)

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

heh...and Make It...just So ;>

[northlighthero.livejournal.com]

>If I do, I wonder if there's any chance I can hire Patrick Stewart to teach theatre and stage fighting...<

Well, not if you don't ask him ... but given the roles he's been interested in playing, you just might get him to do this one.

[redwill.livejournal.com]

Dune was the first thing I thought of. Patrick Stewart, teacher of the sword.