2 Poems written in 15 min

Broken Lightbulbs
Sean Beard

So arrogant is the world,
That truth is doubted despite proof.
Did Holmes cry foul when questions arose?
No!  It is elementary to reserve humility for the saints.
There are no mysteries, for they are too mysterious.
The world hates what it can’t love.
Such complexity, absolved.
Mere perplexity, resolved.    

[On the worldly perspective of mystery]  
The Arterie Verbal

Sticks and stones, sticks and stones!
Severed spirits, broken bones, cast aside, all alone--

--but words.  Simple murmers, biting off pieces, chewing your mood,
saliva sloshing in your head, splintering the sides of your temples.
The furnace of hate churns deep in your blood, a factory of fixation,
hooking on to their soul.  All in a dilated second--

--judgment is made.  The price must be paid.  Before a death sentence is acted out, it must be spoken aloud.

[On a moment of anger]
These are observational poems.

I'm definitely not a poet, but I had to write something for my creative writing

class and this is just me, my thoughts, and how I think.
Have a happy day!  :]

 

Western’s Got Talent!

So, I performed at my campus talent show and tested the waters with a newer piece as well as a different approach to my usual stage persona.

Dre and I decided to take thing more seriously this time, and minus the jokingly fun good time.

Tough crowd, but it went well I think.

If only you could have seen what went on behind the curtain though.  Ask anyone on RHA and they will tell you.

 

Promo Video

So we got to the final production of the promo, anddddd…

it turns out we had some problems and it will have to be re-done.  But it’s okay!

Andrea and I have been working diligently on getting some shows going and collecting performance footage.

In fact, we’re in the process of scheduling a BIG show with lights and sound and craziness for late April, back home in Greenville, KY.  Second Baptist Auditorium.  I promise it will dominate earth.

Come and I guarantee a mind obliteration from the East pole.

|| sean ||

 

Promo Video

The promo video is a day away from finally being done. We finished editing the last of it today.

I’d say it looks pretty decent for a first promo video. :]

 

Good Practical Joke

My buddies pulled one of the best practical jokes I’ve ever seen yesterday. They went and got tape and a road cone and blocked off my car, then prank called me as the director of the city municipal utilities department saying that a power line had fallen on my car and the voltage had caused a lot of damage, rendering my car a complete loss, and that they would not be held responsible as the falling power line was not an act of negligence.

Their story fit too, because I saw a power line on my car before I left, which turned out to be a telephone line.

They got me pretty good.

However, as some very unlucky people know, I’m the wrong person to practical joke with, because I can most certainly take a joke.

Which means, I counter-attack, and this makes the second time I’ve crossed the line a little bit. :]

Let’s just say I got revenge, and it hurt. Astronomically.

Don’t mess.

|| sean ||

 

Illusionist?

Let me tell you guys something:

Magic is hard.

I’ve been scourging my mind for the last 3 months trying to come up with a worthy illusion that fits my criteria. You would think that with all the thousands upon thousands of magic knick-knacks and novelties out there, and all the different illusions I could buy for the price of a new car, I would find something of worth.

But no. There is nothing. I’m not being picky though…
…I just flat out refuse to perform crap, and I refuse to sacrifice artistic integrity just to take the easy way out and perform some puzzle-box trash like EVERYONE else.

I work hard to think of the things no one else would think of. Everyone wants to see levitation, but you can see that at any magic show. However, my show will give you something haven’t even thought about before.

I feel like that is more important. Someone had to make a sandwich so we would stop eating regular slices of bread, yo.

 

Street Magic?

ANyone remember the old days when I would happily show anyone and everyone magical chaos?

Just random crap that didn’t flow or mesh together and kinda left you in an awkward state of mind?

Yep, well, I’m going to be doing some more of that in the near future. And wow, it got a lot better since I migrated to stage performing. My close-up work is so much more rational and fun, rather than awkward and puzzling.

I have collected the best 3% of material I could possibly find, and it completes my close-up rep.

So, May 7th in DUC on Western Kentucky University campus, may be the day you meet mystery and look impossibility in the eye.

 

Reading Rainbow

Unfortunately, there are no rainbows of the joy of reading in my current life, only nightmarish storms and earthquakes of exasperated attempts at trying to stay afloat in the ocean, forsaken of time’s bitter patience.

Sorry.

Anyway, what I’m really just saying is that I am taking 16 hours of craziness in Religious Studies and Theatre. I have to read a large portion of the New Testament, again, around 5-6 other books, and then scripts and do a scene study to ave ready by Thursday, and we just got assigned all this stuff today!

I just want to eat sandwiches, enjoy the quiet, and try to learn my edumacation.

Woe is me.

 

Birmingham

Andrea and I went down to Brimingham, AL this last weekend to go to the WinterJam Tour.  Dudes and Betties, it was nuts.

We saw Stephanie Smith, who totally dominates the stage and is a super-creative performer for a musician.  We saw FamilyForce 5 scare a bunch of Christians with their stage madness, and then finally, we saw TobyMac put on one of the best shows I have EVER seen.  That guy knows what he is doing, and it was inspiring to see a musician bring more to all of your senses like visuals and dynamic performing to the stage than I can with magic.

Here was the lineup:

Unspoken, Stephanie Smith, PureNRG, Francesca Battistelli, NewSong, Tony Nolan, Family Force 5, Brandon Heath, and Toby Mac.

Check the website out if you’re interested: HERE

It showed me how much work I have got before I can achieve that level of intensity.

We stayed with my best friend Brittni, who made the entire trip there 100% better.  iHop at midnight, walmart runs to make some pasta, an Bible discussions!  Whooo!

|| sean ||

 

Criminal

Yeah, I totally skipped my first two classes today, half on purpose. 8am’s will kill you.

|| sean ||