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Day 21.
We are in Portugal. Montemor o Novo. I am going to propose my task for myself and whoever wants to join me. I am interested in graphic notation. During the four weeks in London some questions about self-portrait, music, composition, interpretation triggered my curiosity and imagination. Here it feels the right place to try some ideas I had about it. As now Charlotte is doing yoga, Alex just finished a long session on his cello, Darren, Janusz and I are writing.


Charlotte questions for solo work


Start at the beginning
What memory or singular emotional location do you want to work with?

Where would you place yourself?
How in this environment would you choose a frame for yourself?
Boundaries the space
Work with the limitation of that place/frame you have chosen
What do you remember?
What would this miny production look like in your head?
What would you include in it?

What would be a good start?
Where does the impetus for movement comes from? Everything must count
Act on your opinion, be inventing and remove the anxiety around what you are doing
How do I compose my senses?

What music would you chose?



Day

After a yoga class, we did or we tried to do, some musical voices harmony under Alex instruction. He is composing a Requiem and he would like us to be involved with it. .walking faward,
your own voice in a group,
to get somewhere.
Our for weeks journey in London.
Moving on the same count, as one,
wanting to find agreement.
Disagree.
Listening,
parallel walking.
Apologizing .

Laughing
Counting
Disagree on counting
Anticipating sounds
Louder / softer
Silence
Holding a note




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