Thursday, January 29, 2009
A Luminous Perspective
Here is what a luminous perspective
is truly all about:
Nothing is ever as bad
as we make it out to be...
Life is a battle -
an uphill climb
sometimes perilous
other times
quite educative
and nothing else.
Each and every day
could be our last on this Earth;
make the most of it then
CARPE DIEM!
Be reverent
only to those
who truly deserve it -
AMEN!
That would be
GOD
and the last few saints
left anywhere -
hint: there's not
a whole lot of them!
BE ABLE TO USE
DISCERNMENT -
for if you cannot,
you will likely sin
in the worst way yet;
a way so very common
nowadays too...
The wrongest R'n'R -
reversing roles,
reversing roles,
calling bad what is good
and vice-versa...
BE EVER VIGILANT
not to succumb
to these temptations
and misjudge,
portray out of
proper character
or outright
misrepresent...
BE EVER VIGILANT
also,
not to
choose
the easy path
in any
of your
endeavours...
BE EVER VIGILANT
who you surround yourself with
and what causes you support
as which ones you oppose...
You will pay the price
if you do it / get it wrong...
You will pay the price
if you do it / get it wrong...
so do choose wisely -
and not in any afterlife, no;
RIGHT NOW!
RIGHT NOW!
Do not delay nor postpone
what can be done TODAY.
Now,
resume
thy battle...
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Labels: Luciano's, Luminous, Luminous Advice
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
Luminous Improvisation - Subject: Bowling - Time: Unlimited - Number of Players: To Be Determined...!
A test of endurance, resilience - and creativity!
IT WAS AN *AUDITION*... sort of!
I made history, in effect, for all intents and purposes - by being there in what is to be the last ever such "training camp" session in the history of LA ROCAMBOLESQUE - aka PHANTASTICUS.
It took place at a "theater" that is truly not it at all - it is, in fact, an old factory subdivided into numerous locales uniformally used for arts and crafts!
Camp de recrutement de La Rocambolesque (division P) pour la saison 2008-2009 - wow, even the DIVISION seemed to be named after ME! (Clue: my last name starts with a P... You all thought it was P for Phantasticus, didn't ya? HA!)
I was the first one there too; and the first to leave too! I was in a hurry, see... More on that in a jiffy!
I got there real early and immediately established myself as a reliable player - the rock upon which the rest of the troupe could rely on - IF I would stick around and play along, that is!
But as it is, most members of the makeshift troupe (save for a precious few - whose names I already forgot! So much for the memory jog exercise we had, early on... Don't ask!) did not realize the HONOR they had to practice their acting skills alongside Luminous (\ô/) Luciano - for a six-hour long session, or whatever it was again... Of course, when one does not know who one is dealing with, it is easy to fall back upon the dreadful, wrongful "first impression" - and since I never smile, never bother to be cordial, since I am Luminous ON THE INSIDE whenever I dabble with social engagements of any sort - it can only be the damnable first impression that prevails, always. Too bad I am not more into customer services practices - eh? Oh wait - I am a certified pro in customer-pleasing, according to my colleagues and mentors--of-the-trade...! I forgot that!
Therefore... I am not forced to smile when I'm off-duty then!
;)
IT WAS AN *AUDITION*... sort of!
I made history, in effect, for all intents and purposes - by being there in what is to be the last ever such "training camp" session in the history of LA ROCAMBOLESQUE - aka PHANTASTICUS.
It took place at a "theater" that is truly not it at all - it is, in fact, an old factory subdivided into numerous locales uniformally used for arts and crafts!
Camp de recrutement de La Rocambolesque (division P) pour la saison 2008-2009 - wow, even the DIVISION seemed to be named after ME! (Clue: my last name starts with a P... You all thought it was P for Phantasticus, didn't ya? HA!)
I was the first one there too; and the first to leave too! I was in a hurry, see... More on that in a jiffy!
I got there real early and immediately established myself as a reliable player - the rock upon which the rest of the troupe could rely on - IF I would stick around and play along, that is!
But as it is, most members of the makeshift troupe (save for a precious few - whose names I already forgot! So much for the memory jog exercise we had, early on... Don't ask!) did not realize the HONOR they had to practice their acting skills alongside Luminous (\ô/) Luciano - for a six-hour long session, or whatever it was again... Of course, when one does not know who one is dealing with, it is easy to fall back upon the dreadful, wrongful "first impression" - and since I never smile, never bother to be cordial, since I am Luminous ON THE INSIDE whenever I dabble with social engagements of any sort - it can only be the damnable first impression that prevails, always. Too bad I am not more into customer services practices - eh? Oh wait - I am a certified pro in customer-pleasing, according to my colleagues and mentors--of-the-trade...! I forgot that!
Therefore... I am not forced to smile when I'm off-duty then!
;)
And I didn't - sure didn't! I stayed true to my luminous self; above such hypocrisy!
Thus, I spent hours improvising routines, sketches, acting as I always knew I had the NATURAL KNACK for! STONE-FACED! Showing emotion only when absolutely necessary - in order to convey the message, idea, twist necessary to make the acted-out storytelling flow to its inevitably stunning (if not completely luminous) conclusion!
Thus, I spent hours improvising routines, sketches, acting as I always knew I had the NATURAL KNACK for! STONE-FACED! Showing emotion only when absolutely necessary - in order to convey the message, idea, twist necessary to make the acted-out storytelling flow to its inevitably stunning (if not completely luminous) conclusion!
It would have been completely luminous if I had had total creative control - of course!
My first words to the head of La Rocambolesque were indeed this: "I thought I'd try this NOW, as I didn't do it earlier in life, when I was YOUNGER... but, this, will be BETTER!"
When I said that, I was convinced that I'd be the older gent there, of course. Much to my surprise (chagrin, even?) there was a stuffy older gal there (such a bad actress too) and an older guy as well; with the cliché "grandpa look" too! During a sketch in which we were all playing the parts of TODDLERS, I couldn't resist temptation and turned towards that scruffy old guy and shouted "DADA!"
Not that the old geiser could hold a candle to my saintly father - not ever, not in gazillion years...
Next were more interesting sketches in which I got to play the hard-as-nails parts, always - getting typecast already, was I? Hey, I like my Terminator look and have worked on it for YEARS now! ;)
So, no - I do not mind!
My final performance of the day was the part of a bitter head of family, stuck with a high strung wife, crybaby daughter and "rebel-without-much-of-a-cause" teenaged son, freshly returned from his runaway period!
I directed it too!
Ah - I'm such a natural for this sort of thing!
Maybe I'll stick with it, yet...?
So I spend an extenuating day like this, swiftly tossing aside all of my reserve...
And then, as if that wasn't enough, I went on to participate in the bowling event organized by a colleague, with the goal being to cement team spirit - "FOR THE (overall) TEAM" - rrrrright.
What an HUMBLING experience that was, TOO!
I wind up captaining a team that has two players who just don't listen to my wise bits of advice... a young gun who mysteriously misfires... and my good old pal of always, who sucks at bowling! Yet, he came out of this mess with a 10 dollar gift certificate - as the consolation prize awarded to the team with the lowest score went to HIM, the chap who is most probably the chief reason we averaged such a lowly score in the first place!
Logical. Predictable, too!
Me, I did pretty good (with scores of 118, 112 and 97, at first - hey, I was rusty!) and yet, as the de facto captain of the team, it is unofficially pinned on ME that the team averaged the lowest totals of the four hastily put together teams there, as it is hence and forevermore to be referred to as "Luciano's team"...
Otherwise, I would've picked at least one of the two "seasoned pros" available to draft - having a rivalry within the team wouldn't have mattered much, as long as the team averages a lot of points! In fact, with someone "pushing" me right from the onset, it would have only bettered my performance, also!
Needless to say, I wasn't exactly "pushed" (nor challenged, quite frankly! *lol* I jest...!) by good ol' pal Mike... or the aforementioned fine young man who had an "off-night"... nor the workhorse of the company... much less his girlfriend... and... that's it!
(Geewhiz - that really was our team! No wonder we lost! *LOL* But I am digressing - again.)
But back to the IMPROV now...
Thanks for the job offer - although the job is NOT a job in the traditional sense of the word - at all...
Thanks for the opportunity to make a splash on the artistic scene AT LONG LAST - as I know it fully well to be my God-given RIGHT! I have all the God-given talent, intuition and artistic sense FOR IT... AND THEN SOME!
Thanks for the nod of approval, Rémi B. and the Rocambolesque peeps...
Thanks -
but it is likely no thanks.
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Post-Scriptum:
It truly was your honor and privilege
to act alongside my person - as it was my pleasure
to act alongside a select number of you...!
I was your Roger Lebel... your Septimiu Sever...
(although, I am sure, the old crusty guy fashioned himself as the latter - I am sure of it!)
I was your Jean-Louis Millette
Your Philippe Noiret!
Your Leo McKern!
Your OLIVER REED!
And some of you simply did not realize it...!
Well, Rémi did!
;)
My first words to the head of La Rocambolesque were indeed this: "I thought I'd try this NOW, as I didn't do it earlier in life, when I was YOUNGER... but, this, will be BETTER!"
When I said that, I was convinced that I'd be the older gent there, of course. Much to my surprise (chagrin, even?) there was a stuffy older gal there (such a bad actress too) and an older guy as well; with the cliché "grandpa look" too! During a sketch in which we were all playing the parts of TODDLERS, I couldn't resist temptation and turned towards that scruffy old guy and shouted "DADA!"
Not that the old geiser could hold a candle to my saintly father - not ever, not in gazillion years...
Next were more interesting sketches in which I got to play the hard-as-nails parts, always - getting typecast already, was I? Hey, I like my Terminator look and have worked on it for YEARS now! ;)
So, no - I do not mind!
My final performance of the day was the part of a bitter head of family, stuck with a high strung wife, crybaby daughter and "rebel-without-much-of-a-cause" teenaged son, freshly returned from his runaway period!
I directed it too!
Ah - I'm such a natural for this sort of thing!
Maybe I'll stick with it, yet...?
So I spend an extenuating day like this, swiftly tossing aside all of my reserve...
And then, as if that wasn't enough, I went on to participate in the bowling event organized by a colleague, with the goal being to cement team spirit - "FOR THE (overall) TEAM" - rrrrright.
What an HUMBLING experience that was, TOO!
I wind up captaining a team that has two players who just don't listen to my wise bits of advice... a young gun who mysteriously misfires... and my good old pal of always, who sucks at bowling! Yet, he came out of this mess with a 10 dollar gift certificate - as the consolation prize awarded to the team with the lowest score went to HIM, the chap who is most probably the chief reason we averaged such a lowly score in the first place!
Logical. Predictable, too!
Me, I did pretty good (with scores of 118, 112 and 97, at first - hey, I was rusty!) and yet, as the de facto captain of the team, it is unofficially pinned on ME that the team averaged the lowest totals of the four hastily put together teams there, as it is hence and forevermore to be referred to as "Luciano's team"...
Grrrrrrr!
Yet, truth was, I didn't even get to pick my team!!!
Otherwise, I would've picked at least one of the two "seasoned pros" available to draft - having a rivalry within the team wouldn't have mattered much, as long as the team averages a lot of points! In fact, with someone "pushing" me right from the onset, it would have only bettered my performance, also!
Needless to say, I wasn't exactly "pushed" (nor challenged, quite frankly! *lol* I jest...!) by good ol' pal Mike... or the aforementioned fine young man who had an "off-night"... nor the workhorse of the company... much less his girlfriend... and... that's it!
(Geewhiz - that really was our team! No wonder we lost! *LOL* But I am digressing - again.)
But back to the IMPROV now...
Thanks for the job offer - although the job is NOT a job in the traditional sense of the word - at all...
Thanks for the opportunity to make a splash on the artistic scene AT LONG LAST - as I know it fully well to be my God-given RIGHT! I have all the God-given talent, intuition and artistic sense FOR IT... AND THEN SOME!
Thanks for the nod of approval, Rémi B. and the Rocambolesque peeps...
Thanks -
but it is likely no thanks.
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Post-Scriptum:
It truly was your honor and privilege
to act alongside my person - as it was my pleasure
to act alongside a select number of you...!
I was your Roger Lebel... your Septimiu Sever...
(although, I am sure, the old crusty guy fashioned himself as the latter - I am sure of it!)
I was your Jean-Louis Millette
Your Philippe Noiret!
Your Leo McKern!
Your OLIVER REED!
And some of you simply did not realize it...!
Well, Rémi did!
;)
KEY WORD: ROCAMBOLESQUE
any wonder I chose not to
continue partaking of
any more of that...???
ROCAMBOLESQUE
is not for me!
PICTURESQUE
is!
AMEN!
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Sunday, March 25, 2007
Luminous Pontificating Time!
Feel free to learn from them - or not...
Angels are needed around the world
Those of us fortunate enough to have precious contacts
in the Heavens above
better make use of those privileges
and ask their near and dear ones up there
to pull some strings on their behalf
not for the purpose of indemnification of sins
past transgressions can only be forgiven ONE WAY
through sincere repentance - and probably some penance as well
Rather, I am pleading for those with contacts up there
to ask - heck, to beg
for them to arrange for the dispatching
the full-fledged deployment
of heavenly attendants, down HERE
where they are sorely needed indeed...
The legend is that the devil made precious stones
down below the ground - where it roamed...
To emulate the grandeur and beauty of the Creation
particularly of the flowers that blossomed so splendidly
Those flowers that God Had Made
And, as always, with everything made by the Creator
that the devil envied with avidity
As with everything else IT did
the devil found a dual purpose for its imitative creativity
Unlike flowers, which grew with abundance
for Our Creator, Our Lord, Our God
Wants us in abundance - in all ways
the devil made its creation scarce and rare...
thus creating the need for it - and a false preciousness
that would stoke the flames of cupidity
and greed - among other things - in the hearts of men
Enough for them to commit atrocities
simply to be able to seize these so-called "gems"
and amass a fortune hence...
Thus the devil is a trend-setter.
Never follow a trend.
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott
Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past.
- Tyron Edwards
Christ wants to cross our sins out. He invites us to become new men, who would be similar to Him. He calls us to put our trust in Him. By keeping a close relationship with Him we can be unbound from yielding to evil. Together with Mary we thank God, that in Christ He bestowed such great goods upon us. Let us ask Him for our hearts to aim only at that what is holy.
- Paul Bielinski
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Saturday, March 17, 2007
Piano Lesson Time - Redux
