(in response to "give me your philosophy on love."
music: "NY snow globe" by rachel's (we just got snow! i couldn't help myself with this title!)
thoughts: ahhh ha. 20-some-odd days in, and i'm finally getting to something that feels interesting. not, necessarily, interesting to watch or interesting to put on stage, but interesting in that finally i feel like i come to a clear idea in time to capture a root of a real thought on camera. ...i guess that takes practice. huh.
i'm looking back through the videos and my notes, actually, and a couple things stand out.
1. ACTUALLY doing this daily has progressed from feeling guilty because i wasn't "putting in enough " to feeling like a chore to finally becoming something that's on my mind, and if it's approaching 24 hours since the last one, i feel drawn to do. it's like.... a habit?! what?? this is working?!?!
2. the first bits were just sludge. the next bits sort of had interesting ideas that were poorly executed. we don't get into any movement that's actually interesting until at least two weeks in. it's remarkably like getting in shape. first you force a terrible workout, then you're sore and it's hard to motivate, and then finally it gets smoother.
3. thinking creatively and in an embodied way every day has opened up ideas and thoughts about the project as a whole that i wouldn't have thought of on my own. i'm starting to feel inspired about different options in the way i was right after the showing in october, after i took in reviews from chicago, after my first few rehearsals... in short, it usually happens with creative stimulation from others. i guess this is also the point of making creative thought a habit.
as an experiment, both with technology as an artistic tool and with this movement as something usable, here's the same video with the sound taken out and marcus roberts' "how long has this been going on?" added in. kinda takes on a desperate quality it didn't have above.
i mean, none of this is ready to see an audience, or really ready to see dancers in rehearsal, but it's a touch more intelligent of an output for me as a creative artist to revisit and digest.
also: happy birthday to the coolest mom ever! :) i love you!
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