Strive On – The control of nature is won, not given.
As I noted at the beginning of February, my entry to the Wyoming Monologues was accepted and will be performed on March 8th at 9pm following a performance of the Vagina Monologues.
Writing my piece was an interesting exercise for me, mainly because most of the time my writing – for example, this blog – is done in one draft, with a quick read-over, and the publish button pressed immediately thereafter.
What I find interesting is what aspects of piece changed over time – and what didn’t. Certainly nothing remained in the exact same spot from where it was in the first draft, but watching paragraphs move around was interesting. Some of the sentences were perfect in the first draft, some are barely recognizable, and others are lost to the delete button.
Certainly I wish that I could be in Laramie for the production, but I cannot.
Instead a brave soul is memorizing my piece and will stand upon the stage to deliver it – I am thankful to her (I don’t know if she wants her name published on my blog, so I will not for now) for her hard work.
Meanwhile, for all my Wyoming readers (which, alas, I suspect is an alarmingly low number), I really hope that you can make it.
For those of you who cannot, the text will be published shortly after the scheduled performance – so the morning of March 9th, Berlin time.
Will that brave soul do you a favour and have someone video her giving her your post-vaginal monologue, as it were? That would be a fine momento.
Thanks if you edit that for me.
I look forward to read it
I too would like to read it or see the video (if you are able to get one done)! This is thrilling! 2 more days until curtain call!