Happy New Year!!!
Well my storytelling debut went great btw- my audience laughed and listened- I was terrific - if I do say so myself and I am working on new stories for 2009. I copied below my poem - I told two stories and recited one of my poems, here is the poem, Green is Low Risk
According to the Homeland Security Advisory System,
The United States government's national threat level is Elevated, or Yellow.
The U.S. threat level is High, or Orange, for all domestic and international flights.
However there continues to be no credible, specific intelligence to suggest an imminent threat to the homeland at this time.1
In the war on terror nothing is as it seems
Sheep herders no longer herd sheep they ride the subways with bombs
Religious piety is violent fundamentalism and wears a scarf.
We must be vigilant and see what is not there
Why even the colors are no longer just colors
Red is severe, orange high, yellow elevated, blue is guarded
and green low risk.
Red is delighted by its new position on top of the warning pallet
and can often be heard humming,
“♪duck and cover♫, ♪duck and cover♫”
Orange not used to such a lofty status has everyone line up, empty their pockets and put the contents in a tray
Yellow dramatically sighs and drinks mint juleps in the heat
Blue is withdrawn, stays inside and watches TV, mostly reruns of ROME
Green resents the new color relations and scatters scandals to the media
Orange is the love child of red and yellow. Orange is not even complementary. Yellow has a drinking problem. Blue covers 70% of the planet. Beware Blue tyranny! Red fears the blue menace! Primary Power Rules! Red will bleed us all and still not admit to oranges parentage.
But no matter how public opinion blushes
Red is a color lost in a sunset
overwhelmed by Yellow
Orange a cross over color
is the bridge between
Pink is another peace maker
Sky Blue a negotiation
Aquamarine a compromise
but Green
Green lends itself to any other color
and always stays Green
Leigh Radtke
1. http://www.dhs.gov/xinfoshare/programs/Copy_of_press_release_0046.shtm
Day of the Dead 2008 was a great show full of amazing art. I took away from this a better understanding of ritual and the need to hear your ancestors stories- to get their take on the events of their lives, memories are important and I want to encourage everyone to put those memories up to your lips and blow.
I also discovered that I need to make very large pinwheels! Stay tuned for news on that front.
Art wise the end of the year did not involve any other shows for me other than the Day of the Dead and all my creativity centered on story telling, writing and creating my own gift bags.
CHEERS
