The Genius of Others

The title above is the name of Part Six of a chapbook, Unrehearsed Beauty, written by my friend the choreographer, playwright, director, performer, and writer Jacob Wren. It's something he spends a great deal of time thinking about and collaboratively incorporating into his shows.

I borrow it for this entry because it seems to me the genius of others is the best of what the interactive potential of blogging is all about.

I recently joked with him that I'm mad I do much better writing in his blog via comments than I do in my own.

If people other than those who know me personally happen to read Cogitfaucet it's incidental to this blog's circumscribed and mostly autobiographical purpose. Not so, Jacob's A Radical Cut In The Texture of Reality. Every Monday he publishes intensely intellectual, divergent, and original entries reflecting his constant ruminations about art, culture, politics, and ethics, as well as some of his fiction.

If these things interest you, too, and/or if you enjoy my writing in this blog beyond catching up on my news, you should check this out: http://radicalcut.blogspot.ca

Thank you, Jacob, for writing things that make me want to stay up half the night writing myself!

Thanks be to Thirza, too--another terrific artist and friend--for her brilliantly and often hilariously scattershot day-in-the-life blog: http://fitofpique.blogspot.ca

(Note: You may have to type these blog addresses into your address bar to access them.)

2006 Off To A Dodgy Start

I nominate today as one of the worst international news days in recent months. If this collection of top stories doesn't make you want to reach for a stiff shot, a joint, a fudge cake, your asthma puffer and your blankey all at the same time, I don't know what will:

Recent events in northern Turkey indicate there's a distinct possibility avian flu has mutated into a form that is transmissable human to human.

Ariel Sharon is most likely on his deathbed.

The Conservatives have edged into first place in the election race and are said to be "gaining momentum."

And Lou Rawls bought the farm.

Serenity now!