So, I'm graduating and deciding between New York and San Fran. I'm from
Brooklyn NY so NY is a safe choice while
San Fran seems sunny and more expensive. Anyway, my goal is to give one of my
paintings to Savion Glover, in person.
Last Thursday, I saw a group called Spoken Hand a sixteen man drumming
ensemble that was subdivided into West African, Afro Cuban, Indian Tabla, and
East African Percussion groups that played simulataneously while three men
break-danced to the music. It blew me away. I couldn't help but feel
compelled to paint, dance, and sculpt. The answer.... A series of painted
sculptures of drummers and dancers. These plans for the execution of this is
going to have to be put off because I'm looking for studio space, a job, and a
state to live in. I'm looking into New York or San Francisco. Basically,
after Spoken Hand, I realized that this is the kind of lifestyle I want to
have. Being around creative people by day and creating by night. I want to
be around dancers. I want to soak in the scene by day and create by night.
With this resolution, I decided to place myself in places where
I could interact with people who are also drawn to the same things I'm drawn
to. Or maybe I should say, the same one I am drawn to. I saw Savion Glover
at the University of the Arts theater as a graduation gift to myself and what
a gift it was. The night before I went to his show, I dreamt that we were
cousins talking about a ceramic teapot that was ther family heirloom. In the
dream Savion was like, "girl, where you been hiding?" So I'm watching him and
that same feeling in my chest that was there in Zimbabwe and at the Spoken
Hand Performance, but that feeling beemed deeper than ever. There was a
moment when he stood under the green green light and appeared frozen in circle
shaped space and I thought of my painting, "Remembrance." It's such a bizarre
yet familiar feeling for me to see that I already painted that. I can't
explain what that means exactly except that I want to meet Savion. To me,
he's just a guy who is extremely talented who works hard to maintain his
gifts.
I'm not sure the exact part I want in the scene. I think I want to be
the working girl who occassionally shows her work in galleries. I know I
should start by thinking small, but my heart wants to zoom big, day dreaming a
performance/gallery space of my own with art and dance therapy classes a
couple days a week, and the occasional play or two. My goal was to focus on
the present tense, but I think it is also important to clarify my goals. Is
is self absorbed to say I want to be famous and chill with all different types
of people including Savion Glover (who may be a jerk, but I would like to meet
him and find that out). I think I'm grounded enough to survive and my energy
levels are keeping me awake at night especially since Savion is going to be at
the University of the Arts theater until Sunday and in the Variety Theatre in
New York after that, until May 22nd. Hmmm.....
At this moment in time, I am ready for adventure and hard core planning to help me get to my goals. I'm learning html and I'm really getting into the art expression and the connecting aspects of the net. I'm a firm believer in fate and mental plannig which leads to being open to the bigger journey. About the personal stuff, aka. romance. I have a habit of meeting amazing people who are attached or in the process of going somewhere. In a way though, my feet are also moving and it would be nice to have a partner on the journey. I am trying to believe in monogamy, but many of the seemingly attached people I meet are open to the romantic vibe with others which makes me wonder what a committed relationship really means. So, maybe I sound cryptic, so to be direct. I am awesome and the one who is to be the one for me will see this about me and his eyes won't wander. That's what's up. And when I find the right one, he won't be attached and of course, when we meet that magic will be there. I'm not looking for zaps and ooohs nad aaahhhhs as signs of the higher powers. I'm looking for comfortable romance and fun. Oh, and physical abilities... you know what I mean, is quite essential.
you can contact me at: sbloom1@hotmail.com