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I’ve Been a Cheerleader My Entire Life

June 3, 2011 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

My God…I’ve been a cheerleader my entire life. That statement isn’t an attempt or a continuance of a hopeless endeavor at me gaining praise. I just do what I do because I do it. But there are times; as a matter of fact there have been a few times when I find myself asking “What […]

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1859 As A Philosophical Abstraction, Or Maybe Not.

May 19, 2011 by Harvey Kalmenson 1 Comment

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens. Excerpt: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, […]

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(A Primer On) Compiling “Ten Thousand Hours Of Experience”

May 6, 2011 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

Theater Shows Film Just prior to this monumental period of my life, I had merely dabbled in the world of show biz. My ex-wife’s opinion of what I was doing represented far more than dabbling. A couple of years before, she had asked me pointedly if I didn’t think I was getting a little too […]

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When People Talk (To Each Other)

April 12, 2011 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

“Conversation” Talk about ever-changing. The advent of our electronic age has influenced our lives and has certainly placed a variety of new pressures on today’s voice over talent. But guess what? The voice is definitely secondary to the performance, and voice over as we know it remains an acting craft. As a matter of fact, […]

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Snowbound

April 1, 2011 by Harvey Kalmenson 2 Comments

It was six in the early morning of what was my usual work weekday. When a full screen appeared along with a voice talking about New York’s worst snowstorm since the nineteen twenties, it caught my attention. Just like in Los Angeles when we have a heavy rain, voices of doom seemed to broadcast from […]

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A Word To and For the Wise

March 15, 2011 by Harvey Kalmenson 1 Comment

A word to and for the wise. Or, in the event you’re one of those extreme cases of being an over indulgent, self aggrandizer; living life with a singular lust for ones own selfish betterment, please disregard the word “wise,” which I’ve selected as the title alliteration for this blog. Contrary to what you may […]

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Shared Passion

March 4, 2011 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

The teachers who do it, those who are filled to the brim with the most valiant substance God has given us – they are the truest of teachers. They are the ones who, by nature, teach with a display from inside out. They are the teachers being recognized for there unselfishly “Shared Passion.” I doubt […]

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Learning to Learn

February 24, 2011 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

“In the groove” is a common statement often heard from a wide variety of professional athletes. They speak of how the game around them has slowed down, and how they are seeing the ball or the entire field more clearly than ever before. A golfer remarks about how comfortable he or she feels while addressing […]

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Revisiting

January 28, 2011 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment

Maybe it’s because digital cameras didn’t exist during my days in the United States Army, that I have maintained a fondness for the snap shots which still remain in my possession today. Taking photos had a certain romance involved with the process. There was always a wait-and-see-what-they-would-look-like flavor to it all. Nothing was instant, especially […]

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What You Have, and What You Were Given

January 27, 2011 by Harvey Kalmenson 1 Comment

“Let the artist live, let him be enchanted, disappointed, happy; let him suffer, love, and live through the entire gamut of human emotions, but let him at the same time learn to recreate his life and his emotions into art.”– Constantine Stanislavski “Each and every day I will place before you all that I have […]

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