It's hard to believe that this is the final week. We are all trying to live in the present, but are pretty dismayed about the prospect of returning to the "real world". Here is a picture of my day today: yoga in the morning with Devavani and Sasha, downloading pictures that Devavani took around the property including numerous pictures of a banana slug that was the pinnacle of Devavani's walk with me yesterday, she even took a video of it. Lunch with some residents, sitting around catching up on what everyone had done that morning. Work in my studio after lunch, finished choreography to a poem by Pireeni with music by Ari and worked on some new phrases for my project in September in Long Beach. Pireeni came to see the dance, talked with her about possibilities for future collaborations and performances. She brought a CD of a project she did with her husband Colm, an exceptional musician. Titled Bridge Across the Blue it teamed poets and musicians from different cultures that normally do not work together. We listened to a track where she sonorously read her poem in Dravidian (Tamil), English and ended in Gaelic (Colm's native language) accompanied by Colm's haunting music that marries Irish and Indian raga music. Simply beautiful. Dinner prepared by chef Dan - delicious vegie stir fry with tempeh. Afterward walk to artist barn, take out my drawing material and begin sketching the landscape. As it get darks outside, I return to my studio and listen to the rest of Pireeni's CD. Is it any wonder I'm dismayed about the loss of all this time and interchange with others?
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