Monday, April 24, 2006
A Second
Today I had The Meeting With Barbara
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She and Jay gave me an umbrella that has some angels on it, with a card with an image of wreck beach that says "Dear Mattie, A small gift from us so that you will always remember your time in the rainforest, the angels of Sunyata and the power and awakening of a kiss [the umbrella has two angels kissing on it]. We will miss you muchly. But you will return -- Right? Love Barbara and Jay"
Yeah!
She said things like "Oh Matthew, we'd hire you back in a second" and "we were so happy with your work and your development - I could tell when I first met you that you are an open [she made an 'open heart' gesture] artist." So I am coming back! Looks like January, although the timing isn't confirmed, but probably January to June, in which time I would do the VIDF piece, and also the workshop for the interdisciplinary piece, and also work on some vocabulary for the butoh strip piece with Ronya. Then I'd come back again in the fall for maybe six weeks to do the actual interdisciplinary show. Ah! Thank God for art. Barbara suggested that my father needs to see me dance, so he can understand why I'm pursuing this. One of the other dancers in the piece, one who I admire greatly, her mother came to see the piece in Victoria, not having seen her daughter dance for about ten years, and it was apparently a great epiphany for her and she offered to help the dancer pay off her student loans. Something she'd not offered before. Anyway enough about parent. More important is that I am coming back, and have fourteen consecutive months, and nearly sixteen months all told of the next two years mapped out. Yeah! And if I get myself into a production of that interdisciplinary company in Victoria, that would mean even mrore $$ for doing the work I love - namely, ART!!!
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She and Jay gave me an umbrella that has some angels on it, with a card with an image of wreck beach that says "Dear Mattie, A small gift from us so that you will always remember your time in the rainforest, the angels of Sunyata and the power and awakening of a kiss [the umbrella has two angels kissing on it]. We will miss you muchly. But you will return -- Right? Love Barbara and Jay"
Yeah!
She said things like "Oh Matthew, we'd hire you back in a second" and "we were so happy with your work and your development - I could tell when I first met you that you are an open [she made an 'open heart' gesture] artist." So I am coming back! Looks like January, although the timing isn't confirmed, but probably January to June, in which time I would do the VIDF piece, and also the workshop for the interdisciplinary piece, and also work on some vocabulary for the butoh strip piece with Ronya. Then I'd come back again in the fall for maybe six weeks to do the actual interdisciplinary show. Ah! Thank God for art. Barbara suggested that my father needs to see me dance, so he can understand why I'm pursuing this. One of the other dancers in the piece, one who I admire greatly, her mother came to see the piece in Victoria, not having seen her daughter dance for about ten years, and it was apparently a great epiphany for her and she offered to help the dancer pay off her student loans. Something she'd not offered before. Anyway enough about parent. More important is that I am coming back, and have fourteen consecutive months, and nearly sixteen months all told of the next two years mapped out. Yeah! And if I get myself into a production of that interdisciplinary company in Victoria, that would mean even mrore $$ for doing the work I love - namely, ART!!!
// posted by MSR @ 5:48 PM 
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Congratulations!! That's very exciting - actually knowing what you're going to be doing with yourself for the forseeable future is such a blessing.
Let's bust out our giant wall calendars when you get back and plan our Thistle route.
Let's bust out our giant wall calendars when you get back and plan our Thistle route.
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: 7:50 AM
Fantastico. I actually have some ideas about this that I'd like to share with you. Hopefully it works for you as well. I have Thistle mapped out until 2009, which is when I think we should go for not-for-profit status. :D
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