Today I realized I have come full circle in my solo journey. Or rather that I have completed some sort of cycle. Exactly one year ago today I completed 10 years with TU Dance.
Ìsèsè Day
It was all so beautiful
The day before the show
CONCEPTUALIZING "YAM, POTATOE AN' FISH!" AND MR. BURTON SANKERALLI
I will see Jamie again...
The pain of this past year rushed up to the surface of my heart like a tidal wave; and I could not get passed the fear that I was behind--that the future would be no different than my past. Sage, that she is, Jamie told me, "We will see each other again," and I started to cry. She supported, affirmed and counseled.
A Productive Day
Arima
Arima is the home of the first people to inhabit Trinidad and means "water." I am staying in an apartment adjacent to Santa Rosa Church Park and Santa Rosa R.C. Church. When in 1757, Spanish Capuchin priests colonized Arima, they built a church and established a mission in the town. The church was dedicated to Rosa, who was a Amerindain girl from Lima, Peru, who had been canonized as Santa Rosa de Lima. The Spanish missionary influence is remains apart of Arima history and can be traced through the survival of the Amerindian community residing just minutes from my front door step.
Catharsis
"The Assimilation of My Tongue"
My eyes and tongue drink in the concentrate of Trinidadian culture; and it is a powerful assault to my heart and breath patterns. I am both afraid of this feeling and eager to investigate it--to pull it apart in the studio. I returned home with a bad headache, evidence of the sensory overload, I guess.
