Catastrophe/Bliss
Questions from our conversations:
· How do you respond to catastrophe?Thinking about responses to the devastation in Japan, I created this video slideshow of Ji Mo 寂寞: The Stillness of Solitude.
· If you could follow your bliss, what would that be?
Perhaps it is old fashioned to think that art can bridge the place between distress and comfort. Nonetheless, I offer this slideshow as an initial response. The music is a remix from a live performance at Lincoln Hall in Portland. The photos are from an early morning at Kubota Garden in Seattle. This stillness of solitude is a reflective space to recompose.
放火 火の粉
hōka hinoko
fire sparks
hōka hinoko
fire sparks
放火 炎
hōka hono(o)
fire flames
hōka hono(o)
fire flames
放火 火事だ
hōka kajida
fire roars
hōka kajida
fire roars
Seattle-based artist Diem Chau responds by offering two crayon family portraits as part of a raffle on her blog. Chau will donate raffle proceeds to the Japanese Red Cross.
Have you found more responses worth noting?
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