Josepha Gutelius
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | playwright, poet, prose writer, visual artist |
| Location | saugerties, NY, United States |
| Introduction | When I am not working in theater or writing, I take a break and write Comix, that is, illustrated narratives (tongue-in-cheek), such as "Stagecraft," a 90-page "story" about my first play production, from day-one rehearsal to final performance. Other Comix include "Stories that Got Away" (a compilation of just that: stories I've started to write and never managed to finish), "California Dreamin'" - a description of a nostalgic trip to CA, ruminating on the old hippie days I remember (including celebrating my 19th birthday with Alan Watts) in contrast to the corporate hub that San Francisco is today. |
| Interests | Experimental theater (yeah Richard Foreman!), dance (Pina Bausch yeah), Sufism, eclectic world-wide poetry and visual arts. |
| Favorite movies | "Blue," with Juliette Binoche, a sensitive mood piece about grief, isolation, community, and healing. And the permeating metaphor: water. The protagonist literally swims her way out of grief. "Kaspar Hauser" ["Jeder fuer sich und Gott gegen alle"], Werner Herzog. "Pina" by Wim Wenders. |
| Favorite music | chilly Icelandic, such as Sigur Ros |
| Favorite books | Everything by Hazrat Inayat Khan, Joel Goldsmith (Christian mystic), Sa'id Al-Jamal, poets Pablo Neruda, Tomaz Salamun, Adonis, Peter Gizzi, to name only a few. Actually, there is so much outstanding poetry being written now, most of it little-known, in the shadows of mainstream dullards. Everything by Samuel Beckett, but especially his late, minimal plays. Caryl Churchill's plays. |