home, 2022

Lila

Every punctuation is a jump: Pa-tah! Pa-tah! The drumming of my feet, the rhythm of my dance is bright, a vibrant collage of delight. You know we're born with everything we need, right? Set your focal length so that what persists in your vision is the long view. Play is the golden path to the not-so-distant, wide-eyed and dreamy future.
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This base image is Golden (2009) by Ekua Holmes, as seen at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Synanim

Iteration 1

Sarah

Recurrent hurdles become a dance, a game, producing a tempo for her journey. She sets her focal length so that what persists in her vision is the path (the long view). This is the golden path to the not-so-distant wide-eyed and dreamy future.

Maddie

On sunny days, I like to get out and skip, I like the rhythms I tap out with my rope and my feet. Moving my body moves my Spirit.

One day after school, I just realized like, we were born with everything we need. We can dance, we can sing... but you knew that already, didn't you?

Luke

I really love this folded shadow. Like, it's so crisp. And it's just of her, no rope.

Also I love thr fishes in the sky, swimming above the industrial buildings.

Dae

Revel in the journey. An expanse opens before you, history stretches behind. But here, in this spot, there is an opening to stay and play. Delight in the movement of possibilities, intertwine with the golden path and make joy. No one else is needed, for in this solitude, everything is present.


Iteration 2

Dae

An oceanic expanse opens ahead and history stretches behind. On the path to the not-so-distant wide-eyed and dreamy future, the tempo of her feet drumming the golden bricks invites revelry. The rhythm of the ground is an opening to play. In solitude, everything is present. This place is not but a vibrant collage of the long view. Delight in the movement of the currents and possibilities.

Maddie

The not-so-distant wide-eyed and dreamy future opens ahead, but right here in this spot I tap the tempo of my dance [with my shadow?]. Moving my body delights Spirit [Shadow?]. I've always hoped to reach those fishes in the sky, but I just realized like, we were born with everything we need, right here, even all on my own. I can dance, I can sing... but you knew that already, didn't you?

where to put intertwine, thats nice.
Moving my shadow delights spirit

Sarah

The movement of my body, my spirit, integrates recurrent hurdles into my dance. Those obstacles leave no shadow. You know we're born with everything we need, right? Set your focal length so that what persists in your vision is the long view. And an expanse opens before you: this is the golden path to the not-so-distant wide-eyed and dreamy future.

Those punctuations set the rhythm for my dance

Luke

We were born, wide eyed and dreamy, with everything we need
To tap out rhythms on the golden path
Pa-tah! Pa-tah!
Rhythms of the rope
Pa-tah! Pa-tah!
In this spot, an expanse before you,
an opening to the not-so-distant future


Iteration 3

Maddie

The not-so-distant wide-eyed and dreamy future opens ahead, a vibrant collage of the long view. The pa-tah! of rope on golden brick punctuates my journey. But the rope leaves no shadow and my feet never tangle - drumming these rhythms I set the tempo of this dance of ours, my shadow and I. We were born with everything we need, right here, even all on my own. I can dance, I can sing, it's all opening and delight in motion and play... but you knew that, didn't you?

Dae

On the path to the not-so-distant wide-eyed and dreamy future, the tempo of her feet drumming the golden stones invites revelry. This moment is not but a vibrant collage of the long view. Intertwine with generative solitude and delight in the movement of the currents. We were born with everything we need.

Sarah

Every punctuation is a jump: Pa-tah! Pa-tah! The drumming of my feet, the rhythm of my dance is a collage of delight. You know we're born with everything we need, right? Set your focal length so that what persists in your vision is the long view. And an expanse opens before you: this is the golden path to the not-so-distant wide-eyed and dreamy future.

Luke

We were born, wide eyed, with everything we need,
Born into a crisp and vibrant collage,
all opening and delight,
dancing, drumming, tapping tempo, swimming, skipping
To a not-so-distant dreamy future

(notes) Tempo of her feet drumming the golden bricks
Punctuations
Syncopations
Beats


Combined

everyone
The not-so-distant wide-eyed and dreamy future
Born with everything you need
Vibrant collage (of X)
Take the long view
drumming/rhythm/tempo/dance

individual
Maddie: literal rather than metaphorical physicality
Sarah: converting obstacles into the dance
Luke: literal brightness of it, vibrant/wide-eyed do it for me - it's very literally colorful and over-the-top
Dae: seeing the path forward but playing in place, not just in get-to-destination mode


2022, Lila, in full rainbow, collage