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Moments like this Stillness... The crackling sound of my heater A forced exhale from a hard days work Moments where A tightness occurs in your body previous stories wrapped in words Edgy perceptions Does anyone ever Really know who we are What we have been through? What's your process How do you get through? When life alters your reality How do you learn to trust to forgive... I watch people carry baggage Adding something new every corner they turn That suitcase Beat up on the edges Still can carry things To and from just about any location That suitcase contains The past The present And the future It's not visible Some of us Hide it Better than others Some of us Look like We are not wrapped in Despair Or Carry the karmic imprint of life long lessons Some of us are just here looking for community looking to fit in to be accepted And Art And Pain Often Pair together I realize We are not alone in any of our thoughts Someone Somewhere Is thinking this very same thing Artistry Changes Life Enables Light to Peer through Even the darkest tunnel Stories Break us down Remove our ego Force us to feel and feeling Is not something our society has a great deal of experience with... Reacting vs responding Defending vs understanding This is what we know What we were trained to do What would it look like to flip the script To respond vs react To understand vs defend "It is like that moment when the rollar coaster starts and you know there is no turning back. Whatever is to happen is out of your control, you have no choice, but to proceed!" ~Christine House, Blueberry Hill~ Excerpt from A Memory A Monologue A Rant A Prayer Edited by Eve Ensler (author of Vagina Monologues) and Mollie Doyle  Kristen Cone is one of the co-directors of this year's One Voice Series. She is an independent interdisciplinary artist, producer and full-time drama teacher. She also plays the Australian didgeridoo with the Chicago Didjuridu Chorus to honor the season Solstices and Equinoxs. See this year's One Voice Series: A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, A Prayer on February 15 and 16, 7:30pm at Uncommon Ground Edgewater (1401 W. Devon Ave). Proceeds will be donated to Life Span, an organization committed to ending violence and keeping women safe. Use the code, "CTW18" for a Chicago Theatre Week ticket! Click for tickets.
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krissie
2/5/2018 10:17:11 pm
what an absolute stunning piece this is. such rW and tender vulnerability. these words are a gift. if i lived in chicago i would the first through the doors to sit in deep anticipation of the unfolding to happen on stage!! 3/14/2018 10:50:26 am
It is very astonishing. It shows the reality and clear the actual picture of people. It became a shocking news for fake people. I am also worried by thinking about it. It is very surprising for me. Leave a Reply. |