And which part of yourself will you continue to give to the shiny people that fill themselves up with your light? Which will you keep to make a torch and chase the hollow away? I haven't come to this world to leave as a flicker. I learned very young that the dark was my friend. I am not afraid of it. ... Sometimes San Francisco is broken bells and sick birds. It is a strange place that I call home. It’s easy
Things were ripping today. Breaking, popping, pushing and tearing. On grey days I can't tell whether I'm going to sleep or waking up. Guy says, " People can lose their souls trying to stand up and get noticed by the world." I say, " I don't want to become one of them. My soul is mostly what I got." And them … Eyla, Veleda, Stephanie, Zakiya, Rashidi, Rashad, Daniel, Sonia, Amara, Tossie, Sekou and Guy … the people that believe
In the making of a man, each is given what she can handle. That which breaks you will not break me and vice versa. I’ve been allowed to live as I truly am ... part selfish and free, part bound by generosity to a fault …I am a prayer. A moray pattern forced out by whips, chains, extreme circumstances, extreme environments, extreme moments and catatonic states. For people that live in a place of pain, I am the crocodile that swims
Almost all of our Counterpulse fliers are gone! It’s time to start getting those tickets yall! For the past two months the cast of “Ampey!” and family have been doing short vocal performances on the streets of San Francisco and Oakland to promote our Kickstarter page and our upcoming shows. We call them “Animations”. I learned about this grassroots marketing strategy while on tour with a Haitian dance company in Europe. Here are some shots taken by Alonzo Young at The October 1st
Step #1: Identify everything I need to get and need help preparing for the show. Performance Notes for “Family”: Rashidi will bring the blue bucket over to Stephanie’s seller station after he’s finished with his text. Need to get another chair spray painted turquoise. Stephanie’s Tailoring Needs Freedom: The extra ruffle needs to be attached to Stephanie’s school uniform shirt. Her skirt needs to be taken in by an inch at the waist. Home: Elastic needs to be put in the
As much as almost every Counterpulse Work In Progress Showing has brought out the four year old in my soul … I must admit that they always push me through to that next level of clarity and precision I need to get the job done. The fear of not knowing every detail of what I’m making, what the audience thinks … or yesterday’s confusion … where am I supposed to be, what am I supposed to be doing and where
Master Drummer and Scholar Nana Ck Ladzekpo came to give us a hand in rehearsal last night. He brought two of his nephews from Ghana with him. When we began to perform the African Diaspora Market place scene that has been driving me insane … we got a liitle shy but made through well enough for them to understand the story. Although our accents were sketchy, we received high marks. The rest of the time we worked on the tonality
For when it is over, the great shrinking begins, the tightness in my chest comes back, the rock sinks down to the bottom, the humming bird takes flight once more. The ghosts will once again laugh, cry and whisper stories into my eyes. I will again become no one walking in the maze. No money. No face. A forgotten moment celebrated by those who where there. A body that was first in the dungeon ... then on the boat, dying, surviving,
On Saturday September 18, 2010 the cast of "Ampey!" hit the streets of San Francisco with some short and powerful vocal performances. We performed in front of Rasputin's on Powell Street, Powell and Market, Civic Center and 16th Street BART Stations from 3p to 6p. It was very exciting to see weekend shoppers stop and take notice of our grassroots advertising strategy. We didn't introduce ourselves. We just entered whatever public space we decided to perform in, began to sing and pass out fliers. A special shout out to
I am very pleased to announce that we launched the "Ampey!" Kickstarter page on Monday September 13, 2010! We've raised $1,140 so far. We now have 79 days left until the end of our campaign. Our goal is $6,500. $73 a day should keep us on track. We're raising funds to assist with the artist fees and production costs of expanding my work. To ensure that we surpass our goal, our Kickstarter page will be up until Sunday December 12,
First there was a dungeon. Then there was a boat. We died. We survived. We got sick and never quite got better. All of us stayed behind thinking the others had been rescued. We found a way in through the skin and the hair, but haven't found another way to talk about it since. Gunshots come closest.Our tongues were cut off and replaced with shiny new ones. They had motors that made them move all by themselves. They made funny
It started off as a ringtone that made me laugh. It became an ironic reflection of how I broke in Ghana. An upstairs neighbor of Counterpulse threw empty 40 ounce bottles from the window down onto the sidewalk of 9th and Mission the day we practiced at the bus stop. We were playing our shakers too loud. We had to run. There was glass everywhere. That part wasn't on youtube or in the pictures. Afterwards, we went inside to perform our Work-In-Progress showing to the sound of shattering glass. We ran again.
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