Intermission
a creative coffee break from writing the play

On Monday, July 13, we’ll host the teleconference for the July one-minute creative coffee break meditation. We do this for fun and inspiration. Come join us!


It’s free and it’s only a minute long. Please sign-up to participate.


Listen to last month’s meditation, We Are Always Creating.

James Goldman
Chicago, Illinois
June 30, 1927

All the things I thought made life worth living, they don’t seem to matter much. I wanted a career once, but the Follies closed and nothing happened. And you know what? I was fine.
Sally, Follies, p.32
Book by James Goldman
(Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim)

Lillian Hellman
New Orleans, Louisiana
June 20, 1905

You know the way it happens? You understand something, and don’t know that you do, and forget about it. But one night years ago I woke up and knew what I had seen in you, and always seen.
Anna, Toys in the Attic, p. 64
by Lillian Hellman

Wow, we are half way through our One-Minute Meditation series!

Listen to the June 8th OMCCB Meditation: We’re Always Creating

If you’d like to join the live broadcast, we invite you to signup for the remaining meditations. It’s free, anonymous and it’s fun.
We continue to appreciate your listening and holding a positive thought for your art and [...]

Last opportunity to sign-up for this month’s One-Minute Creative Coffee Break Meditation. Instructions will be sent out soon.
Monday, June 8, 7:30pm PDT / 10:30pm EDT
Take a minute to think a high thought for Art and Entertainment in the world.

Harvey Fierstein
June 6, 1952
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
There are easier things in this life than being a drag queen. But, I ain’t got no choice. Try as I may, I just can’t walk in flats.
Arnold, Torch Song Trilogy, p. 12
by Harvy Fierstein

R.C. Sheriff
June 6, 1866
Hampton Wick, Middlesex, United Kingdom
We are, generally, just waiting for something. When anything happens, it happens quickly. Then we just start waiting again.
Osborne, Journey’s End
by R.C. Sheriff

David Hare
June 5, 1947
St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom
The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.
Mehta, A Map of the World, p. 65
By David Hare

The next One-Minute Creative Coffee Break Meditation will be held Monday June 8 at 7:30pm PDT. If you are not already signed-up for the teleconference meditation, please do so here.
Our original invitation is here.
Whether you define yourself as a writer, an artist, an entertainer, or an audience member all are welcome to participate. [...]

Lorraine Hansberry
May 19, 1930
Chicago, Ilinois
All I can say is I write because I have to and what I have to. You don’t know anything about it. Whatever you think of it, Sidney, I write. I squeeze out my own juices and offer them up. I may be afraid, but I write.
David, The Sign in Sidney [...]

This month’s meditation is a bit over the one-minute mark.
Listen to the 5th OMCCB Meditation: Creative Stream
The meditation is hosted on a rotating basis. We don’t know in advance what the other will present. Each meditation is new and a surprise to us all.
If you’d like to join the live broadcast, we invite [...]

Beth Henley
May 8, 1952
Jackson, Mississippi
And someone else
unknown to us.
The question: what is impossible? The answer is, a formidable lot. To dance from here to the stars; to eat a tribe of bees; to scream down a forest; to remember when you were born; to know when you will die; to stop breathing and live. Many [...]