![]() Q: What's your favorite part or line in the play? Why? We wanted a play that used some movement training we'd been working on, incorporated music, and highlighted our ensemble. We wanted to take a play to our one-act play contest that was unlike anything we had seen at previous years' contests. I teach theatre arts and direct plays for a high school in Minnesota. PLAYWRIGHT JESSICA CHIPMAN TALKS ABOUT ICARUS A grieving Daedalus flies on to Athens, honoring his son by keeping his eyes on the beauty of the world around him. Daedalus watches in horror as his son flies too close to the sun, which melts the wax in his wings. With his eyes on the sky, Icarus soars and hollers with joy. Daedalus makes wings made of feathers, wax, and wood – their only hope for escape from the tower. After adventures involving sea god Poseidon, the Labyrinth, the slaying of the minotaur, and a broken heart, Daedalus and Icarus find themselves in a locked tower, surrounded by Minos' ships. Complicating things further, Icarus falls in love with Ariadne, the daughter of Minos. Determined to right the wrong of his crime, Daedalus becomes a father to Icarus, a daring and precocious boy whose eyes are on all the glories of the world around him – the sky, the sea, the stars – while Daedalus buries himself in his work, attempting to save the people of Crete from King Minos' shrewd plans, which include sacrificing humans to a ravenous minotaur. We will then understand what “The Tao of Wealth” really means.This Greek myth follows inventor and architect Daedalus, who commits a crime in Athens and is banished to Crete to serve King Minos. This is what true balance is and this is what will help us build true wealth in all aspects of our life. Accept what you can understand of the majesty of the Divine and gradually allow it to fill your Life.Īll this is easy and simple, if we can control the greed and fear that prevent us from living this way. And most of all, remember the Divine, which is what is everything in its truest sense.Have a balanced work life and a balanced family life. Love your family, your spouse and your kids.Become financially free by spending less than you earn, and investing what you save in a safe way by investing in stocks gradually over time and accepting what the markets give you and not risk all your money in the hope of getting a jackpot and end up losing everything.Learn new things every day from the world, from people and from the knowledge in books.Take care of your body by doing regular, moderate exercise for improving your physical health.But we can respond to life in a positive and balanced way: We cannot change what we are given in life: in terms of physical attributes, the intelligence we are born with, the money we are born with, the people we are born with. We need to consciously be aware of these emotions as we live our lives and make sure we do not fall prey to either of them. Greed and fear are two emotions that direct lot of what we do. We should not be too greedy and want everything and neither should we be too fearful and avoid everything. This applies to all aspects of our life: physical, mental, financial, social, emotional and spiritual. ![]() The moral is simple:Īim for the middle course and avoid extremes. The moral of the story is still relevant today. The story of Icarus and Daedalus is thousands of years old. Icarus fell from the sky, followed by the gentle wafting feathers that held him in flight, and he was swallowed by the swelling seas. Soon, the sun melted the wax that bonded his wings. he soared high into the heavens, ignoring his father’s warning. However, Icarus was exhilarated by his newfound power of flight. ![]() Instead, aim for the middle course and avoid extremes.” If you fly too low, the sea’s mist will dampen the feathers that give you lift. If you fly too high, the sun’s heat will melt the wax that binds your wings. So, Daedalus crafted two pairs of wings from feathers and wax.īefore taking flight, Daedalus warned his son: ” Take care to fly halfway between the sun and the sea. Seeking to escape exile from the island of Crete, Daedalus looked to the heavens as the only route open to him and his son, Icarus.
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