Day: December 17, 2022

United States I-IV by Laurie Anderson

~ JezzieG

United States I-IV
1983
Performance Art
First Performed in 1983 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music before touring to London and Zurich

A seven-hour multimedia performance, “United States I-IV” combines earlier versions of Anderson’s “United States” with newly developed material. An audio recording of the performance was released as a five-disc album by Warner Bros. The performance combines text, photography, music, film, and projected drawings is thematically organized into four sections: “Transportation,” “Politics,” “Money,” and “Love.” The various sections share recurrent images and musical motifs it is a heterogenous mixing of genres and is regarded as an inspiration to performance artists in its scale and potential.

Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson
Performance Art, Installation Art, Video Art
Born: 5 June 1947, Illinois, USA
Nationality: American

Laurie Anderson is an avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director. Her work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained as a violinist and in sculpting, Anderson pursued a variety of performance art projects in 1970s New York, particularly focusing on language, visual imagery, and technology. Anderson became widely known in 1981 when her single “O Superman” became a hit

(I) Can Can (You?) by Vanessa Mae

~ JezzieG

(I) Can Can (You?)
1997
Classical Pop

Vanessa Mae
Classical, Classical Pop
Born: 27 October 1978, Singapore
Nationality: Thai-British

Vanessa Mae

Mae is a violinist and has achieved album sales reaching several million, and in 2006 she was the wealthiest entertainer under thirty. Mae also competed under the name Vanessa Vanakorn for Thailand in the 2014 Winter Olympics alpine skiing.

Unbound Love

~ JezzieG

Unbound Love
Form: Ivorian Sonnet 84
Prompt: Love and Infidelity

The pain of infidelity is lies
For deceit is not a pleasant disguise
In its betrayal of respect and trust
As words of love deny truth with a smile
Inside the heart is beginning to bust
Honesty matters in keeping it real
When love isn’t bound by a sacred vow
For truth in itself will always reveal
The desire for lust the heart will allow
If words truly say what the heart can feel
It won’t make vows that fade slowly to dust
Unconditional love the only how
Releasing a lover to roam awhile
The unbound heart sees with different eyes

©JezzieG2022

Messy Room by Shel Silverstein

~ JezzieG

Messy Room

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater’s been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or–
Huh? You say it’s mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!

Shel Silverstein 1930-1999

Shel Silverstein
Born: 25 September 1930, Illinois, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 10 May 1999, Florida, USA

Silverstein was a writer known for cartoons, songs, and children’s books. He appeared as Uncle Shelby in some of his work. His books have been translated into over thirty languages and have sold more than twenty million copies. Silverstein grew up in the Logan Square neighbourhood of Chicago and attended Roosevelt High School and the University of Illinois. He was expelled from the university and enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts before being drafted into US Army to serve in Japan and Korea

Leap of Faith

~ JezzieG

A Garret Poet

Leap of Faith
Form: Echo Sonnet

To gain the best from life we can't rehearse
as chances come when least we look to see,
reject in fear and ne'er see destiny
the leaps in faith that light the universe.

To never know, indeed a darker curse
that shrouds the heart within a mask of fear
so, eyes are blind when misty dreams come clear,
to leaps in faith that light the universe.

Untaken chances cannot reimburse
the broken heart that feels a distant pain
but souls of courage learn to trust again
the leaps in faith that light the universe.

To gain the best from life we can't rehearse
the leaps in faith that light the universe

©JezzieGFarmer2010

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