Through music, sounds cape, set, costume and lightscape ”Madwoman” evokes the chaotic terrain of one woman's mind - the unbridled passion (“Anymore”, “Do It”), the escape (“Chant 3000”, “Elephant Song”), the cautionary tale (“Careful”, “Fear Of Falling”), a reality upended (“Snowing In April”) - In the world where she thrives, the script has been flipped …. Chaos is Order, Night is Day, and Insanity is Sanctuary.
Madwoman is an expression of art which explores the splintered mind of a woman who is faced with the dichotomy of contemporary living versus the laws of nature within herself.
It investigates current trends of thought and governance, established value systems and practices and their chaotic result (in most instances) toward humanity and further throughout the scope of all that exists. It seeks to address issues of conflict and chaos in our current critical mass mindset toward the inherent differences in human existence by evaluating existence in the one single individual. The Madwoman. The woman who is black but white. The embodiment of the polar. The symbol of the conflict and the union.
Madwoman depicts a mental state of flux induced by the condition of distinct difference of being in a world which disallows difference. A mind discovering the demand by this world for unwitting subordination of itself and sense, to the practices and decrees of external so called “authoritative” influences. The result: The Great Trigger of Questioning that which would reject and ignore difference and for all intents and purposes, denounce, demean, and inevitably eradicate it, in an attempt toward “sameness” as a reflection of the adherence to “the whole, or Holy . . .pure or perfect. . .Godly. . . righteous. . . One”.
As each cell contains within, the blueprint of the entire body, itself being comprised of distinct parts in it's whole, so are the differences reflected in the whole of existence as well the same, , reflected in the dimension of the part......variaton.....spectrum (of light) .....yin-yang........equal.......dual.......You AND Me(body).......I(cell).......ONE.
Ultimately it is the contemplation of the implication of difference in being that introduces her to a myriad of views which display themselves to her in the perceived form of a shattered questioning mind (the songs of a Madwoman) . The ultimate validity of oneself by BEING-alone becomes the conclusion of her journey as she comes to discover core truths of her existence. Discovering that her humanity is merely a part of, yet contains the expression and substance of the whole, and is whole by mere being, as all existence is.
These instances of questions and proven answers are experienced simultaneously in the space of the DIMENSION OF PART.......THE "SEPARATED" WORLD........"GRATER LIGHT".........A world of increasingly cruel common reality, .....as well as the world of "GREATER LIGHT' a fantasy world which she creates mentaly. allowing her to confront the tumultuous issue she faces. This secure platform of alternate being becomes a refuge for meditation on the subject at hand. A sanctuary, in which is found a sense of comfort, clarity, and grace; replacing the harsh unyielding exterior of the seeming asylum in which the “Madwoman” lives.
Her abstract begins to portray a clear and present reality...... Her former reality begins to portray an asylum.........a mere illusion; Balance is retored............
With this presentation, a dialogue can be initiated concerning the illusory, actual, natural, logical and spiritual seat of human sovereignty as well as ultimate validity in all being. |