Some pieces needed re recording for the new site and this is one of them. This is part of my book–About Love: the bittersweet heart. This was my most downloaded piece from the old site. For me, the feel of this piece has changed quite a bit as I’ve gone further down the road with this project.
It all seemed such an important zero-sum game. What a lot of unlearning I had to do.
It’s only recently that the past has stopped haunting me and instead, serves as an inspiration and sometimes even, a release. Backlighting hails the collective and individual past. It notices the voices trapped in air currents and richness of the future that harvests old tubers, shines weathered patinas and fills the song with a new voice. This is the opening piece of my one-woman show–The Vestibule: Life, love and tears through the midlife lens
Such a sweet whirlwind. From the collection Big Words
I love cities–the story of their growth, the declines I remember, and now they’re back again, shining and beautiful–almost too beautiful. But still, it’s good to have them back and appreciated. From Big Words
Memory, gratitude, sadness, and perspective are so often lost in the shuffle of the day, in the need to be strong and unwavering. But every now and again we get a cue to listen, feel and be. The Saltwater Tap drips in The Vestibule.
Just me against the world–I learned it in groupthink. From the collection Intersections.
How a business encounter can turn into a deep revelation in one small comment.
Unwinding the coils of life gets harder.
Sometimes Haiku are a great way to sum things up. Sometimes they get things rolling.
