"I Am Alpha and Omega"

  "I Am Alpha and Omega" is my Magnum Opus on God. It starts with Creation and ends with the Apocalypse. It covers the full range of the Performing Arts to convey these subjects from a New Church perspective. There are numerous resources materials which are being used to structure the Core Creative Materials.

  Most recently, materials discovered with The Dead Sea Scrolls are being integrated into the current rewrite, which is underway.

   Initially the piece started out as a screenplay, but now it is being structured as a Libretto and the score will be comprised of numerous genres of musical expression. The music is contingent upon who is taking up the primary role as composer and that is an ongoing discussion, which is taking place.

   The current status is that research into new information is underway. There is a private blog on the subject, which is serving as a rewrite/research mechanism, because participants in this project span the globe. 🌎 

   You are welcome to make inquiry in this regard.

The Gnomes of New Hope, business

 Contact information regarding the Business of The Gnomes of New Hope ONLY.

(all other contact subjects will immediately be erased)

Please find those links on 

The Gnomes of New Hope Blog

Professional of the Year

Pretty Cool... at 71 years old!

 

I started doing this stuff in high school.

Check out this link to the 

Press Release

Designing a Theatre

CURRENT

   An interesting thought occurred to me, not only have  designed a number of theatre scenarios as a theoretical exercises, but I also was asked to design a theatre for the Borough of New Hope, whichI did. That theatre had a rear wall that opened up to a large field for outdoor presentations. If I can find the drawings, I will post at least one of them here.

  There is some movement on the new construction proposal.

RECENT

   This post was to announce my search for a new studio space and I have been looking at the available theatres. When considering an older theatre which needs renovation, I realize that I have limited life left in me and I really don't want to spend it on renovating a space that I may never get to use.

    So with that in mind, along with some other factors, including; that I have proposed the construction of a new theatre space to a developer who is considering that suggestion and we are conducting ongoing conversations in this regard. That being the case, I have decided to design another performance space and will be investigating the appropriate details to determine viability of such a project.

 

   Years ago, when I worked for the New Hope Arts Commission, I was approached with a request that I design a performance space for New Hope Pennsylvania. I did that and the proposal was submitted through The Arts Commission. Unfortunately, from my point of view, the Director put his name on my designs. That was the final event which caused me to discontinue working for the Arts Commission. Water over the dam.

 So now with this new proposition, combined with my work on The Bryn Athyn Orchestra, along with other projects and work on Image of the Mins Studios growth, my mind is focused on these matter again.

    Coming off of the Bryn Athyn Orchestra's Spring Concert yesterday, a design occurred to me today for a performance space that could meet both proscenium and concert hall needs, something the Mitchell Performing Arts Center and numerous other theatres cannot do.

   So I am going to design a new performance space, which may or may not get built.

   Gong back through my Career history, it's clear that I have been exposed to and managed many theatres situations: cinema, legitimate, festival, amphitheater, community, arena, black box, adapted spaces, parade, indoor and outdoor,  just about all circumstances of presentation. So I am well experienced in what a stage & theatre needs to be.

  With that in mind,  I am going to satisfy my urge to design things by designing the theatre I would build if I could do so without restrictions. I will set up another blog for that project, so I have a place to post that information.

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The search for a New Studio Space

 This was the title of the post below.

I have altered this post to serve a new purpose

but what I have said below is still valid.

I am facing certain issues with my existing studio location that are on top of the fact that 

I have adapted my operation to the space, 

rather than having the perfect space for the work I am doing.

   So with that in mind, I have decided to either locate a suitable existing theatre, 

with shop space and land, or build one.

   Basically, I have always worked out of adapted spaces, except when I had an office 

in the Paramount Theatre in Boston, but that was temporary, because I was "on-the-road".

   I post this commentary, so if there are opportunities that I don't know about, 

I would appreciate hearing about them.  I am wanting to remain in Eastern Pennsylvania, 

because I want to be close to Bryn Athyn Pa. The Poconos could work, 

preferably a suburban or rural environment. 

Urban might work, as long as I have both shop space and back lot.

Send me an email at; image.of.the.mind.studios@gmail.com

Use the subject; Theatre for Sale

An Internet Domain

   Years ago I began posting on eBlogger. Well, over the years this has extended into many blogs and posts that are all interrelated. I have been thinking for sometime about buying a domain and transitioning to another location for all my blogs and a Shopping Cart to sell the Gnomes of New Hope Books. This hasn't happened yet, but it may. The thought of moving everything and learning a new system is daunting. I like the way I post, because it meets my needs. So, that's something I have to think about. AG

Printing Press ?

      Well, it's beginning to look like Image of the Mind Studios may be installing a Printing Press into the operation.    The Gnomes of New Hope project requires a substantial amount of printing in order to fulfill the objectives.  Not only are there seven books in the collection, but there is also the Libretto that needs to be provided to the production personnel and the music score provided to the orchestra. That in itself is huge, larger than the illustrated Storybooks or the Libretto.

   What it ends up getting down to is this; in order to get the per page cost down to an acceptable budgeted amount, having a press in the shop is one option that needs serious evaluation.  The difference is that; unless there is sufficient sales to move an entire production run (of the Illustrated Storybook), the cost of an on-demand printing press appears to outweighs the cost of inventory on the shelf.  Inventory goes into raw materials that could be used for another project, as opposed to finished publications awaiting distribution.

   Of course supplies and personnel come into play as well.  So this is under consideration. I may wait on this action until the Board of Directors is fully in place and functioning properly. But really, inventorying published goods (pages) produced by a vendor, at the level required to bring the price down, ties up resources that could be used elsewhere and be applied to setting up in-house capabilities.  

   There's also the option of partnering with both printing and distribution operations, which needs to be pursued.

Morer Later

AG

The Gnomes of New Hope; Zach & Zebby's Grand Adventure

The Gnomes of New Hope

Zach & Zebby's Grand Adventure

A Fully Illustrated Storybook Collection

based on the Stage Musical

The Illustrated Storybook Collection is nearing completion.

This means that I will be entering into refining the production line for publishing 

and binding these books.  As you can see from the photo, the books are Hand-Stitched. 

This means that this is not going to be a high volume operation. 

Until I find a way of stitching these books that will allow higher volume production, 

the initial productions will be Limited Editions, Signed and Numbered and those editions will be sold 

at MSRP directly from Image of the Mind Studios.

I will take potential orders via email, but they will need to be pre-paid before I ship.

Notice will be given when the books are ready to ship,

at which time payment in full will be expected.

A Shopping Cart page is in the process of being designed and set up.

There will be unlimited editions, sold from other outlets, but the production will be limited to what we can produce in house, unless I find other suppliers willing to do the binding exactly as I have designed it. That means that delivery times will necessarily be slower than some outlets expect.

I will take larger orders and fulfill them, with the understanding that we can only make so many 

within a monthly timeframe. Wholesale pricing is available for orders depending on quantity.

The terms are simple; pricing is agreed to (Direct Limited Editions @MSRP 

or wholesale, according to the discount schedule) 

Full price pre-paid on orders less than 5,000 units

50% deposit, balance COD on all other orders less than 100,000 units

Letter of Credit on orders larger than 100,000.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL, NO RETURNS 

for other details check the blog link above

The Business Plan is available to Potential Investors in the theatrical production.