THE CHASM

/'kazem/


noun: chasm; plural noun: chasms

  1. a deep fissure in the earth, rock, or another surface.
    • synonyms: gorge, abyss, canyon, ravine, gully, gulf, defile, couloir, crevasse, fissure, crevice, gulch, coulee.
    • "a deep chasm"
  2. a profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc.
    • synonyms: breach, gulf, rift.
    • "the chasm between rich and poor"

Origin: late 16th century (denoting an opening up of the sea or land, as in an earthquake): from Latin chasma, from Greek khasma ‘gaping hollow.’

TL;DR

This is the little place where I put everything. I will attempt to keep it tidy, but there can be no guarantees. It's a "prepare for the worst, hope for the best" kind of thing. You might find thoughts, excerpts from things I'm working on, entire things I'm working on... anything text-based I've decided to share.

America: The Promise

A child running with an American flag in a field towards a sunset

Do you remember the first time you were in school and they told you could be anything you wanted to be?

They’d say, “You can be an astronaut, a lawyer, or you can be the President of the United States of America. Because that’s what America is.”

I love that.

America was a kid that reached for the moon and landed there. America was a kid that wanted to be free and declared independence, wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. America was the original American dream. Before it was cool.

I love that.

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Forging Action at Forum (re)acts

Forum (re)acts #RefugeeCrisis Forced From Home

“What revealed itself to me was a very scary, very harsh truth.”

Michael Dove, Artistic Director of Forum Theatre asked me if I would be interested in doing some work in the upcoming Forum (re)acts series focused on the Syrian refugee crisis. The nature of the evening was about shedding light on an undeniably horrific situation where over 12 million of people are victims by inviting local artists from multiple disciplines to create artistic responses.

The evening brought a face to the crisis in ways I am sure people found deeply insightful, wonderfully creative, and absolutely appalling. What revealed itself to me was a very scary, very harsh truth.

What comes next might piss some folks off but there is only one person that I care not to offend by saying this and he is the subject of what I’m about to say.

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3 Simple Steps for Upgrading your OS

System Upgrade

Perhaps part of the vast majority who have upgraded seamlessly… or perhaps not. We have all heard the horror stories about when upgrading your operating system can go wrong. The I lost everything!’s and the Nothing works anymore!‘s. They are wretched experiences some of have endured. But the one thing most people don’t know about upgrading your OS is that you can make it painless and safe by following a few simple steps.

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