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Why attorneys and shamans both use rhythm, repetition, and robes – and who does it better. Let’s start with the robes. Because if you’re going to call upon unseen forces, you might as well dress for the occasion. Attorneys and shamans, on the surface, have little in common. One files motions. The other smokes them.
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By Brian S. Brijbag, Esq. I’ve stood in courtrooms, neck deep in depositions, cross-examinations, and medical exhibits — building arguments on logic, precedent, and pain. And I’ve also stood on stage in a community theater, wearing eyeliner and shouting about cursed pies and funeral rehearsals for divine absences. This used to confuse people.Honestly, it used
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By Brian S. Brijbag, Esq. The law and the stage may seem like opposing worlds: one rooted in procedure, the other in emotion. But I’ve come to realize they are two different languages for saying the same thing: “I see you.”“You matter.”“Let me tell your story.” And in both, I’ve found my purpose: giving voice to
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I’ve spent my life standing in two very different rooms:One has a judge’s bench. The other, a stage.In one, I argue law. In the other, I let characters speak for themselves.Both are performances. Both demand truth. This is Chaos and Craft — not just a blog, but a living collision between the rigid and the ridiculous,
Brian Brijbag 