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Friday, August 17, 2012

Monkey Mind Emily, the Anxious

Friday, August 17, 2012 12:46 am by M. in ,    3 comments
We thought that after almost seven years surfing the net to bring you all the Brontë around we had seen it all. Apparently not. We find that the Brontë reference in this itinerant children production is particularly weird:
Z Puppets Rosenschnoz
Monkey Mind Pirates

Tap into the power of puppets, tap and yoga to navigate the stormy seas of stress.
The unruly pirates of  Monkey Mind can hijack our brain with anxiety, distraction and negative messages.
Sail into the waters of calm with Cap'n Fitz as he discovers the secrets of taming the Monkey Mind Pirates.
This puppetry-rock-yoga adventure combines playfulness with mindfulness to turn the whole family's arrgh's  into oom's.
The performance can be paired with a week-long artist residency where students learn puppetry, songwriting, mindfulness and yoga and perform alongside Z Puppets in the show.
According to Mankato Free Press, one of the Monkey Mind Pirates is... Emily Brontë:
At Friday’s performance, the gist of the show will be this: A sea captain sets sail for the Legendary Waters of Calm. But en route, he gets sidetracked by a series of bugaboos known as Winston (named for Winston Churchill, who suffered from depression) Ansel (named for Ansel Adams, who suffered from attention deficit disorder) and Brontë (named for Emily Brontë, who suffered from anxiety). (Robb Murray)
We rather think that they are not talking about Harold Bloom's anxiety of influence...

3 comments:

  1. Caroline Helstone8/17/2012 01:07:00 pm

    nothing related, but just curious. How many people run Bronteblog? I used to see posts from Cristina and now just M.

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  2. Cristina8/17/2012 05:20:00 pm

    Hi there,

    Yes, posts are mainly by M. and me with the odd collaboration from time to time.

    I'm still here behind the scenes but you will soon see me posting regularly again.

    Thanks for asking!

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  3. Chris Griffith10/17/2012 11:31:00 pm

    Hi! Just found your post on our show "Monkey Mind Pirates" To clarify, the character is not Emily Bronte, but named after her, "Lady Bronte"

    Our show aims to give families a way to talk about the stress in our lives, from depression to distraction to anxiety. While we don't overtly reference the namesakes in the show, we do feel it is important for people to realize that even very talented and famous people dealt with these issues.

    If you're interested, check out the music of our CD: http://www.zpuppets.org/store/Monkey-Mind-Pirates-CD

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