The producers of “No God No Master” sent me this rendering of me as Carlo Tresca. I don’t know who made it, but it is lovely to have. Oh, to be a work of art. It looks like something that should be hanging in a museum.
Over the years, a few people have sent me drawings of myself, usually based on existing photos, and I always get a kick out of them.
Thank you!
Listen to full episode “Right Speech”
As an actor, I don’t always get to choose my words, so I’m often called upon to say things that have nothing to do with me, but I say them nonetheless because somebody sticks money in my pocket, and, truth be told, I like playing pretend, so it all works out. But there have been occasions in which I have been asked to do or say things that portray an ideology I do not subscribe to, or even cuts against many of my core values. I have struggled with this of late, particularly in the face of a Buddhist concept known as “right speech.” Right speech means avoiding four types of harmful speech: lies (words spoken with the intent of misrepresenting the truth); divisive speech (words spoken with the intent of creating rifts between people); harsh speech (words spoken with the intent of hurting another person’s feelings); and idle chatter or gossip (spoken with no purposeful intent at all). Put in the positive, it means speaking in ways to promote happiness and be uplifting without sounding like you just snorted an eight ball of Prozac. Read more…
Directed by Gabriel Judet-Weinschel for Wax Wing Films