The Dynamics of Groove

unsaid

as i bend down to the ground hands clasp and i’m gasping but i’m in control you see i’m just this specimen on the plate squirming from the knife yeah? at least that’s what you think “oh shit she’s for real” but i’ve killed myself like seven times today while eating lunch nothing here to…

grace

woman wore blue like a deep azure like the middle of the ocean deep down under into the heart her dress flowed her walk was a glide garment picked up billowing big in the wind like clouds sun warm on her face she headed straight to it she had no distractions from the crowd who…

The Real World- Theater Edition: Interview with Paul S. Flores

Barbara Jwanouskos (on a different day) chats with Paul S. Flores about You’re Gonna Cry. This week, I was lucky enough to coordinate with Eric Reid and Paul S. Flores to talk about You’re Gonna Cry, the new show that will be opening soon at Theater Madcap. Paul developed a play that sounds incredible and is…

let me draw you a map

let me draw you a map this is so you don’t get lost i want you to know about the things in this world if you have a keen sense of smell, you’ll be good you will enjoy it here surrounding you is the scent of lime invigorating there are flowers everywhere they are kinds…

the beast who runs through the forest

Daylight. Silence. Then, boom! A thunderous crash from the forest. The beast tore through the trees, hungry. Growling. Bearing its teeth and small animals would run. Hiding in the brush. Its ears perked up and from far off it heard something that it would be drawn to. Instantly running down the path. Barreling through without…

the moment when the sky brought them together

The light from the sky — sending purple mixed with the golden clouds — spread over the land against the fire sunset. It was as though an artist had decided to paint something overwhelming and at the same time utterly peaceful. You couldn’t help but be captured by the feeling that sometimes the world around…

hand in hand we go

tumble backwards and forwards i want to tumble sideways into you and spread my hands on ground outstretch my fingers and reach for something i can’t quite hold i hold myself up to the light like i’m under a microscope and scrutinize to find the edge of a seam that runs alongside the edges of…

the dreams

The girl had a dream last night and when she woke her heart ached. She didn’t know why and at the same time, she did. She remembered. As long as she could think back, she never really knew how she got to the forest. She had guessed that she hadn’t always been here, but nothing…

quiet

sometimes when you have trouble you can turn to the quiet and ask it for what you need sometimes that’s all you need sometimes in the middle of the night or at the start of day you don’t need to ask questions or understand or talk sometimes if you turn to quiet it gives you…

fluidity

when you dance it’s not hard your body tells you exactly what to do and you just roll to the next thing keep going keep it moving keep your body moving and you step keep stepping along make your own syncopated little steps to the beat that fit with the beat that make additional music…