Using movement to unlock experiences, emotionally stored in individual physiological spaces, in order to distill their characters into a comfortable understanding so as To activate self alignment with community and cause. Allowing for unity- deep alignment wherein experience is indivisible from time and self. Dear history- Who is listening?
- Folding in your thought, opening in your touch
- Divided Mind
- Sand bagging
- Aligning North-progressive movement aggressive challenge
- Indivisible- self from time, time from past, experience from present, all thing?
Metaphorically Let's do this:From the very start: claudia takes a more direct role- her action twist and bend your experiences... The idea that claudia is all of history- that which has happened before and everything in this instant gets recorded on claudia- she then has the ability to transmit, predict, remind, conjure, clarify, record moments and guide you, propel you or hold you back.. Sometimes you listen to her, sometimes you ignore or repress her involvement- other times you actively try to rewrite.Then there are times when you fight or don't sync up with history- holding in a state of confusion of repetitive winding and unwinding, sorting and resorting in search of a clear path.There are also other times wherein you spend time listening to your experiences and connecting the historical dots- learning from others mistakes to gain ground and time to make your own on a deeper or at least different (non-repetitive) path.Which times are we which kinds of people?
Structurally- claudias 'back seat' in the majority of the dance upstage will facilitate her conjuring character.She will not enter down the wall with everyone, but rather at the last moment in order to hit the opening note. In times of unison history is always present. So the piece will function in and out of communication with history. Similarly to how I asked you to define your level of connectedness to the midline.There are emotions that remain constant, omnipresent- such as is the case with Sarah and Erin in supporting roles- often complimentary, but sometimes exaggerating or amplifying a situation or thought or action. These are immperetive to the stage for both balance and guidance.
In the cases of Rebecca and Cari- I'd like to loosly define 'captured' or remaining in the 'past tense' for moments wherein claudia and rebecca are dancing. They will repel or reflect eachother only to stay stitched together from opposite sides of the line. And 'collecting' for times when cari and claudia are together. Cari will absorb and grow from her interactions - will continuing to participate as an equal. Making the cari-rebecca retrograde battle a distinct face off or pursuasive interpersonal dialogue between present self and historial self. (during which the ghost phrases with be small and exaggeratedly slow and haunting).There is certainly a more for me to clarity structurally and transitionally- but this metaphoric decision will help guide those final choices.
This may be abstract work- as is my medium- but it is becoming more clear to me that in my social commitment to equality, I easily recall the past-- not just my experiential past, but the historical past that clearly outlines progress as community aligning towards equality. Despite convoluted emotional content, it remains easy to dig through each experience for the truth and move forward in clarity and with collective purpose. These are the qualities, people, ideas and ideals which I collect into my sightlines because they reflect back to me my comitment to the pursuit of joy and ultimately, peace. It takes time to unweave years of storage to reveal that which is core-- that which feeds you in reflection. Core is the new startimg block. Sans baggage. Call it simple, but it is a new time and all parts of life are distilling into essence. Sometimes art facilitates and sometimes it rides along side trying to keep up. Either way, a comfortable companion, even in all it's challenges.
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