May 31, 2016
TRANSCRIPT: Final Thought. The theatre could be an enormously influential vehicle for positive progressive change. For me it all starts with good story telling. Begin with a good story and work your way outward. If you can smack people on the heart, if you can make their guts churn, if you can make them make them erupt...
May 26, 2016
TRANSCRIPT: Thought number 12. After watching Nyle DiMarco win dancing with the stars. One thought filled my head: If we use our imaginations we can communicate anything to anyone. Through the language of dance, DiMArco communicated to the world the beauty of Deaf experience. We live in a world where there are so...
May 25, 2016
TRANSCRIPT: Thought number 11. the world is a noisy place. Silence comes at a premium. Silence can often be quite discomforting for many people. The world is so noisy that people are often suspicious of silence. Silence is often understood to be the calm before the storm. But silence can be active it’s not necessarily...
May 23, 2016
TRANSCRIPT: Thought number 10. The key source of difficulty for Deaf and disabled people is the way normalcy is conceived. Currently, normalcy is restrictive and encourages exclusion and discrimination. But if we can reconceive normalcy as open and fluid, rather than restrictive, then everyone becomes a part...
May 19, 2016
TRANSCRIPT Thought number 9. Just because one is Deaf or disabled doesn’t mean that one can’t be sexy. Now when I say sexy I don’t mean freaky or kinky or exotic, I mean attractive. If you carry yourself with strength and confidence, you are sexy. And after the act of lovemaking, you can look into each other’s...