recidivism

thx beh

fruition part 5

part of a shot list, not edited for feasibility. just what gives me the freaky tingles. 

the singer playing guitar to the nymph on an unmade hotel bed with honey all over his hands. the nymph on beeswax crutches or in a beeswax cast.

the scholar (butched out woman) in a vneck sweater and the nymph (man in drag) in a big dress running hand in hand out on a country road with peaches strewn all over the place

the diver standing under the williamsburg bridge flying several bluebird kites

the scholar with a wolf’s mask sitting in a room full of sirens and boxes of coral

the singer pulling honeycomb out of the scholar’s back, through a coral tattoo

the host drawing keys on the scholar with a peach in her mouth, wearing a locket

fruition part 4

types of work…(none of them claim objectivity)

anxiety buffer: junctures, single events that have built self-image, seen through the lens of my head, of course.

atoll/reef: imprints of larger patterns… we can’t see the shape of what did the marking, just the marks.

hive/honeycomb:  what’s above the surface, living and actively evolving, still in process

mourning ring: an aesthetic piece created from what’s damaged, decayed

fruition part 3

props…locations…talismans

williamsburg bridge: freedom, release

holland tunnel: constraint

gowanus canal: remover of evil

the honeycomb: raw vitality, living structure that nurtures

the atoll: a once living, now dead structure that shows the imprint of what was there, but now exists in and of itself.

the farmhouse: aesthetic structure based on decay

bluebirds: curiosity

bees: creativity

peaches: physicality

gears: functionality

honey: fulfillment, love

cameos: aesthetically pleasing depression or emotional sterility

scarf: security, tenderness

anchor: hope

sirens: overwhelming responsibility

locket: kept secrets, things unspoken or unknown

keys: owned aesthetics, taste used as a shield

maps: owned knowledge

javelin: sudden change

bed: karma

dirt: effort, work

coral: stale self-esteem, structure of culture

jet: stylized decay

vneck sweaters, bracelets: boys

dresses, rings: girls

fruition part 2

the tension is enacted by:

the scholar: structured knowledge, learning, untangling. the system builder.

the diver: exploration, immersion, experiential learning

the javelin-thrower: distiller, transformer, strength through pure emotion… cuts through coral.

the singer: lover, nurturer

the wolf: destroyer, willful strength

the host: graciousness, aesthetics/taste, sensitivity

the nymph: openness, vulnerability, innocence

the engineer: works, labors, manipulates. sets in stone. builds. this one is a little broken.

they interact with and/or affect each other, sometimes they put on each other’s clothes.

fruition part 1

we like tension. strong tension between opposing forces. especially when it’s all happening in our own little head. or our own little bed. wait, did i say that?

emotional vs. rational

experience vs. analysis

vulnerability vs. self-protection

presence vs. absence

intentionality vs. passivity

acting, doing, leading vs. receiving, nurturing, following

creating vs. critiquing vs. destroying

speaking, conversing vs. muteness

strength vs. fear, timidity