Background on "Wings of the Body" Video

The final entry came together in a haphazard way. Here is the chain of events:

3.20.07
I drew this in my journal with a carbon pencil, white charcoal pencil, and a yellow highter:



In the bottom left corner I wrote:

Know when to accept
sun to ribs & when
to acknowledge the
dark sides of
the body.
Today my ribs unpeel
as onion skin.
Something has shifted.
Wings are the
body opening
through the white page
& into the net page
& from there
who knows.


3.30.07
Fly to Pittsburgh and visit family. Get flu. Give everyone the flu.



4.3.07 - Present
Flu develops into pesky cold and then into invincible Bronchitis. Coughing fits. Achy body.


4.12.07
Become distracted by my personal life and feel like petrified bones. Temperature continues to drop.


4.13.07 Rehearsal Day
It's cold outside. It's cold in the studio. I add layers. Even leg warmers from who knows what year. Don't want to move. Can't get out of my thoughts. Always leave your baggage at the studio door-I know-but couldn't. Film just hand moving. Film just back moving. Decide to push further. Stand on head for 3 minutes. Momentarily warmer and clearer. Remove sweats and sweater. Keep leg warmers. Try to move. Hopeless. Call it a day.




4.15.07 Editing Day
Downlaod video to hard drive from 4.13.07 failed movement day. Realize my breasts are distracting in the back film. I am concerned by voices in my head that tell me I am inappropriate. Apply various filters to mask them. I am, in effect, censoring my own skin. I know this, but do it anyway. The result is pleasing.


4.19.07 Voice Recording
Embark on recording my voice again even though still nasally. Record text from journal entry above. Think, aha! This relates to the back recording. Edit together in VideoStudio software program. Convert to mpeg. Upload to YouTube. Post on Blog.