It is snowing. Yay!!
That is completely irrelevant, but it's true. And the title of this post reminds me of how much I hate "show business". And that reminds me that I hope that this Expo thing that some of us Konnektiv gang are going to in London isn't full of middle class hollywood wannabes, because that isn't what we are about. We are against that. Well, I am.
How can we all seek to be our full true and wonderful emotional, expressive and experiential beings, when we are holding others up as god figures, and trying to mould ourselves into thier shape? We can only make for a grotesque copy of something that becomes more unlike either ourselves or those we seek to emulate.
I am very excited about us going to London in March, stopping in a hostel, exploring the city, finding out more about amateur groups in the UK, or maybe even from abroad, who knows? If we get to perform ( I have applied, we wait to see if we are chosen, not sure when they will let us know) we will be very proud. If not, we'll have a good time anyway. The only liiiiiiiiiitle bit of a problem is that the only pics on the website are people singing songs in Victorian getup. I hope this isn't going to be a celebration of the amateur production of musicals. I'm not against musicals, but it might be a bit like X factor, with thousands of wannabe's in the 21st century equivalent of legwarmers and bodysuits (that'll be legwarmers and bodysuits then) trying to get spotted.
Anyway, I'm sure there will be lots of experimental groups there that we can mingle and be truly cool with, rather than dodge the over enthusiastic mum's steering their hot housed protegee around wide eyed and blind with ambition by proxy.
No, it won't be like that.
We have three other projects on the go at the moment (2 actual, 1 potential) which you shall hear more of. First some presumed evil planners are coming to build another retail development in Stafford, and we may be coming up with some kind of creative campaigning, probably against it, depending upon how we feel after we've had the full story. This would be good, and will enable us to look at how the arts can be used for political purpose (hope that doesn't get us struck off the list of any potential funders) Meeting about that on Tuesday. That is the potential project.
The first actuall project is the completion and performance of Urashima, the tragedy about the fisherman who gets seduced by the daughter of the sea. We now have two of our younger members directing this, as I am the narrator. This works really well. The girls are getting experience and developing confidence, facilitation skills and so on, I get to perform for a change. The group are also as a whole contributing more to the development of the piece, without detracting from the position held by the directors.
I love working intergenerationally.
Our second actual project is the funding application, which is finally done, and will hopefully enable me to be paid as a part time project manager, and therefore I will be able to carry on the work I am doing without having to move into a cardboard box. (especially in these snowy conditions) These arts projects don't really make money, but they are so wonderful for communities, bringing people together, bringing colour, vibrancy, culture. Also it is good practice for me to eventually becoming a professional person actually earning money. Fingers crossers.
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