hi, Shannon. What you are going through is quite common in my work. In my performances, people commonly enjoy themselves during the performance, get inspired and high by the new opening of possibilities. This glow may last for a time. But commonly the next day when the old boxes try to deny the new possibilities, conflict occurs. This conflict can either lead to growth or reinforce the old boxes. This reaction was so common that I started putting the below sign on the door of the performance.
[From Shannon:]
Frank,
So much happened in just one day! You are a busy guy! 🙂 SWL
Let’s talk more soon.
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that is what we do around here! We operate on a twenty Seven hour day!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
[Ruth Spivak wrote:]
It sounds like a great innovation as traveling must be very tiring for you.
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you got that right, Ruth! And expensive! In our younger days we did not think anything of traveling, crashing at somebody’s apartment. Aging changed all of that!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
I’m impressed…very cool words and feelings…
Russell
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indeed!
Hey, Russell. The skype video online phone is amazing! Also I’m trying out Aurora word predict software. It has cut my keystrokes by seventy percent at least! I am trying to get funding [$350] for the software. Anyway between skype and Aurora, our work together over the computer might be much easier than in the studio!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Annie, when we were searching our archives for that Adam interview we found a a folder full of amazing shit. And one of the things was a type written transcript [with hand written corrections] of your interview with Karen Finley that day in your apartment. We will hand Jen put it into a word file and give you a copy. We will xerox a copy for you. I have no idea how we got it!
today Shannon, the teacher of the class, said that you are going to be at their campus in North Carolina. She said she would love to show you around the campus, etc. She’s thinking about teaching about you and me next semester!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
yep… How often do we have an opportunity to open and /or corrupt the minds of a classroom of southern Baptists?
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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[Rafael-alexandre Ramos wrote:]
crack them open Frank 😛
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cracked!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
[Ruth Spivak wrote:]
I envy you for that one!
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yes, Ruth, today’s class was extremely amazing on many levels. Shannon is a great teacher and host. She had prepared the students so their questions were deep and complex, coming to my work from wherever their individual passions were… Politics, Justice, intimacy, music, playing, etc… But getting my work. And the skype video online phone created a two-way intimacy. It is like being in a cave together, seeing and hearing one another. Just that opens both a new dimension /medium for performance and a new type of performance… Without space that you need to travel through to get to the performance… True, there is no physical touch between physical bodies. But there may be ways to get around this. One student said she was interested in doing a private performance with me in this way, and there was talk of doing a three hour performance with me here and them there in North Carolina in their theater. This opens a lot up!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
[Ruth Spivak wrote:]
Very impressive.
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yep… How often do we have an opportunity to open and /or corrupt the minds of a classroom of southern Baptists?
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Frank,
Thank you for this, and the time you put into this, and the discussion coming this Monday! I was just talking about you to a filmmaker at the Co-op here locally, and saying how much I enjoy talking to you, and incorporating what you do into the curriculum of my class. I think that shamanistic work if missing in my students’ lives, as well as art that provokes shifts within and with perspective about performance, different kinds of bodies, and radical modes of thought/being/Living! They will have read the Schechner on shamanistic ritual, as well as your Eroplay. I will also show them a couple of clips Friday and distill parts of this interview for my lecture.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! again.
Shannon
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which is one of the main functions of art.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Frank,
Glad you liked it. It was fun to write, and talk about you in class. The students are curious about your work/you and excited (and maybe a little scared!:) Luckily I can connect with just about anyone, so I think my lecture was a good set up…also appealing to the prediction that many of them are Christian and conservative–I talked about how “spirited” you are and joyful–which is True! I really like the idea of different ideologies crossing paths. I believe it is the only way to make change in this world–allowing for those with differing thoughts/beliefs to try and understand one another.
If anything, I predict that meeting you will be one of the most unique experiences the students will have this year, possibly their whole time at UNC-CH. So cool. I look forward to it.
Shannon
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I am excited too!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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