LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Monday, July 27, 2009

Merce Cunningham Has Died

His work means a great deal to me.

He was the first choreographer I ever met.

The works that arrived in the theaters via his relationship with John Cage were always the most startling moving works I ever witnessed that included bodies moving in space. These were sophisticated and urbane beyond description while invoking so often the deepest, most primeval sensations of the sacred I've experienced.

Via his, and Cage's, work, I have met artists who have become some of my oldest and most enduring friendships.

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