going through things
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i’m going through things.
make of that what you will.
this came to me today via text, from bill h, it’s a drawing i made during the tumultuous days of The Onion Cellar at the american repertory theater. it was 2007, right after the dresden dolls released and toured “yes, virginia”, and i was stuck.
the show was supposed to have been a workshop brain-collision based on a concept script i’d written and it went totally off the tracks because i had massive differences and battles with the director. long story. (actually, i tried to explain it here in my blog, using a parable about cake: http://dresdendollsdiary.blogspot)
one of the things i did to sort of make life tolerable during the 42 (FORTY TWO) performances of the show-that-i-didnt-really-love-that-we-had-to-perform-in-anyway was that i drew. every night i took a sketchbook to my piano and i drew things that were going on around me, on stage. it wasn’t part of the script, but i did it anyway, because i was bored. i drew every actor in the show and at the end of the run i gave them all drawings as gifts. i must have given this one to bill when he came to see the show. i don’t remember.
i dont remember anything lately.
so this is a drawing i did of brian, the dresden dolls drummer, my comrade, who was also ready to kill me out of frustration during those 42 shows. i liked trying to draw him PLAYING….movement and all. like duchamp.
nude descending a staircase. drummer descending a drum solo.
band descending into madness.
2007. glad it’s not.
i miss drawing. maybe i’ll draw more.
i’ve been in my apartment in boston all day, going through things.
i’m going through things.
make of that what you will.
here’s some icelandic girls screaming feminist truths (via courtnee fallon rex on twitter): https://youtu.be/Mvc86oa0ieM
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back to feeding a baby.
x
a
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