she looks up. laughs.
calling to wolves and rabbits.
my mother said, that... i never should
play with the gypsies in the wood
if i did...
she...
she...
remembers her(self) and tells a story
age five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven
as sixteen going on seveteen
a yesterday and tomorrow
she begins to turn. to spin. unrestricted by space her lips part and she smiles.
she stops and stands...
the space around her keeps moving...
as she turns and walks away.
stretching space and temporalities she realizes the capacity of a body existing
beyond confinement to rabbit holes.
gathering skirts and stories
is it time to speak?
she was born in a dollhouse
or so she should have been
playing at life on a manageable scale
enacting and manipulating an 'appropriate' presence
a way to be here, now
collecting bodies and words
as a child she did just this
bodies and words as books and dolls
shall i pose for you now?
in red? to match babies rosy cheeks?
in red? for danger when the wolves come?
there is nobody here but we two, darling...
in red she matches babies rosy cheeks
in red for danger when the wolves come
she runs on all fours
the whiteness of this red appropriates nothing.
the color of poppies.
the color of sacrifices.
her panting tongue hangs out.
shall i pose for you now?
smile?
laugh?
pretend that you are my world?
flutter my eyelashes?
widen my eyes?
instructing myself to fall out of rabbit holes.
Emily Campbell!
You are sooo wonderful! Thank you so
so much for your amazing generous self,
words and ways! You are one of my largest
inspirers on my own creative journey and I
am so so sooo happy we have been able to
create this together! I am constantly blown
away by your depth, beauty and openness!
Thank you so so much for sharing
your amazing words to this rather special
blog and thank you for your precious
friendship too! You really are a sparkly
gem - rich & ruby coloured!
So much love and thanks to you!!
Love Trace xx
Accompanying text extracted and adapted from Posing Fragments of Flesh and Story: Choreographic Self-Portraiture and the Sexuate Subject(Campbell, E. 2012. Unpublished Masters Thesis. Dance Studies. The University of Auckland.)
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