Friday
May252012
People Watch
A gang of dancers encounter the people of New York City. Who is watching whom?
Conceived and choreographed by Deb Silver of Silco Dance. Running time 4:19 minutes
Psychology + Zen = Philosophy and methods to relieve suffering and reveal happiness.
Psychology: We project onto others what we reject in ourselves. Some call it a Shadow. Healing comes from making the unconscious conscious, taking responsibility for our projections, integrating what is split off as our own thing.
Zen: There is no separate self. When we can be at one with every aspect, then we belong everywhere and we reject no one.
We heal the world by becoming intimate with our whole selves.
Entries in PsychoZen Play (23)
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May222012
Martyred Mom Cracks Her Shackles!
Martyred Mom Cracks Her Shackles! arose out of deep frustration over the seeming impossibility of reconciling motherhood and self-fulfillment. Made in 2005, the video tells the story of a devoted mother’s tortured journey from martyrdom and guilt to freedom and possibility. It is an amalgam of interview, performance art, and odd experimental technique (because the mother didn't know what she was doing). The music, by Marty Beller of They Might be Giants, makes it an energizing experience.
Wednesday
May162012
Duet With Doubt
When my friend Marta asked me to do a little (no pressure!) dance at a little (really, no biggie) Festival, I panicked. Riddled with Doubt is what I was. During the same week my mother sent a poem that she had written On Doubt.
Duet with Doubt screened at the Sans Souci Festival of Dance, including their Texas State University tour, the Austin Woman's Film Festival, and the Baltimore Women's Film Festival.
A woman confronts her shadow. Reading her mothers poem, On Doubt, the woman engages with the unsavory presence and discovers how to start working. (2:10 min)