Last Time we met
The Last Time We Met is a duet based on memories of people who leave our lives suddenly, whether passing on or simply moving on without warning. It addresses the idea that we often create an image of these people as we last saw them/knew them which is more tangible and distinct than our mental image of those whom we see quite often. Perhaps due to the fact that our experience of the former’s identity is finite, confined to the time in which our lives intersected, where as those whom we continue to interact with are constantly changing, creating a more dynamic sense of identity. A still active relationship has shifts, curves, and hurdles to overcome and to define it. There may be power struggles, moments of distrust, fear of letting someone in deeper or pulling away, or simply growing apart yet to come. Allowing these transitions to occur provides a sense of consciousness that does not occur in now defunct relationships.
truth unspoken
TRUTH UnSpoken is a duet based on Aristotle’s philosophical view on the golden mean, or the idea of finding a desirable middle ground between two unhealthy, or imbalanced extremes. In the case of personality traits, an excess or deficiency of any quality can create challenging flaws, so by constantly observing how one measures up at any point and time or when approaching any major decision, the goal is to align ourselves in way which is most pleasing to both sides, in the case of political correctness, this often means the choice which ruffles the least amount of feathers. The artists have utilized a personal text which addresses the fact that we must experience the negative to appreciate the positive, that challenging situations build strength of character to guide others through hard times, and that a world without evil would be as troubling as a world without promise. More succinctly put, negative experiences are vital to the human condition.
well-/worn/-in
Well-/Worn/-In is a solo which encompasses the idea of how time and experience make us more comfortable with the people, things, and objects that have been in our lives for a decent period of time not to mention being more at home in our own skin. Be it in our favorite pair of worn-in jeans or t-shirt, or perhaps more suitably, a broken-in instrument that has molded to the shape of ones fingers, there is something almost self-soothing about surrounding ourselves with those that are well known, well worn, and worn-in.
Goodbye & Good Riddance
Goodbye and Good Riddance is a small group work being created as a contradictory/complementary work to another piece currently in progress entitled The Last Time We Met. While the original looks at the darker elements of loss and being “left behind”, this material hopes to establish a more light-hearted quality, which can occur when we sense we are some how better off having experienced such partings. When a person in our life was dragging us down, or our lives have taken such different courses we no longer connect with the people we were once so comfortable around.