Kenneth Mitchell:
CLASS OF 1996
East High SchoolClass of 1996
Wichita, KS
Kenneth's Story
Kenneth is from Wichita, Kansas. Kenneth's schools include East High School. Kenneth later attended Wichita State University. Kenneth works(ed) at Fhkaysing Company Of Wichita, F H Kaysing, Wichita Community Theatre.
Kenneth's interests include Art, Comics, Film. Books Kenneth likes include George Orwell, Atlas: A Novel, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. Movies Kenneth likes include Fire And Water Entertainment, LLC, Juno. TV shows Kenneth likes include "The Adventures of Karl & Bernie", Eureka, Warehouse 13.
One of Kenneth's favorite quotes is:" "Come, my friends,
âTis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Thoâ much is taken, much abides; and thoâ
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
except from Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson
(We see a bridge from afar, and move to it. Now on the bridge, we see a shining light, from which a crazy looking guy with a big afro appears. This is poet Timothy "Speed" Levitch.)
"On this bridge," Lorca warns, "life is not a dream. Beware. And beware. And beware." And so many think because Then happened, Now isn't. But didn't I mention the ongoing "wow" is happening right now? We are all co-authors of this dancing exuberance where even our inabilities are having a roast. We are the authors of ourselves, co-authoring a gigantic Dostoevsky novel, starring clowns. This entire thing we're involved with called the world, is an opportunity to exhibit how exciting alienation can be. Life is a matter of a miracle that is collected over time by moments, flabbergasted to be in each ...Expand for more
other's presence. The world is an exam to see if we can rise into direct experience. Our eyesight is here as a test to see if we can see beyond it. Matter is here as a test for our curiosity. Doubt is here as an exam for our vitality. Thomas Mann wrote that he would rather participate in life than write 100 stories. Giacometti was once run down by a car, and he recalled falling into a lucid faint, a sudden exhilaration, as he realized that at last something was happening to him. An assumption develops that you cannot understand life and live life simultaneously. I do not agree entirely. Which is to say I do not exactly disagree. I would say that life understood is life lived. But the paradoxes bug me, and I can learn to love and make love to the paradoxes that bug me. And on really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion. Before you drift off, don't forget. Which is to say, remember. Because remembering is so much more a psychotic activity than forgetting. Lorca, in that same poem said that the iguana will bite those who do not dream. And as one realizes that one is a dream figure in another person's dream, that is self awareness.
(The 60's-like stars twinkle around his head, and he wanders off in an ecstatic trance.)
When I grow up I want to be Mrs Robinson. - Me at work.
And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the senses? - Edgar Allen Poe
"Why don't you make up your mind whether you want to see me or not?" Me".
More about Kenneth:"I am a citizen of the planet. There are things I know that you will never truly understand and there are things you can teach me that I will carry with me for ever. I can solve a rubic's cube in 2 min 30 sec, which isn't that impressive since they now come with directions, and yes, I do have one with me at all times. I am a fan of love and will crush you in any role playing game. I dont talk about the war in Iraq because I refuse to talk about religion... Oh yeah, I have a heart.".
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