Catching Light
Deborah Claire Procter FRSA
Multimedia Artist - Singer | Author | Speaker | Communications & Marketing Consultancy | Presentation Skills Training
There are two types of truth. In the shallow type, the opposite of a true statement is false. In the deeper kind, the opposite of a true statement is equally true. Neils Bohr (Physicist)
Sometimes we find ourselves searching in and from a “don’t know” space that is filled with echoes, reflections, and glimpses of children’s games.
It is un-nerving.
I think of the term “playwright.” Why don’t we spell it “play-write”?
Because we need our hands not just our heads to shape the new.
"Playwright" comes from the archaic English term, wright. We are like wheelwrights, cartwrights - ready not only with ears and eyes, but with hands trained to shape and craft play.
We are fishing in the land of paradox to catch edges, moments unseen, and words un-whispered.
I want my intuitive leaps to lead to something timeless and hypnotic – creating a space to pause and re-figure.
Let’s hope that we can mix vulnerability with skill, to keep things as raw and fresh as possible - to fill a bottle with light and more that just one P.O.V, perhaps some Beckett, Brecht, and a little Shakespeare.
? Deborah C Procter
- Adapted 1st February 2017 from diary writing in around 2007
About the Author: Procter is an independent artist and thinker working in the area of production, strategy, and development in the arts and culture sector. She is a multimedia artist and has worked for companies like Theatre Alibi and Centre for Performance Research. With over 30 years of experience in the arts, spanning four continents, she founded her own production company, Clear Insight Productions which makes theatre, opera, film, music and dance productions that represent the opportunity to find wider perspectives and new ways of seeing the world. The company has a growing team of collaborators throughout the world who are interested in the role of the arts in creating change. Procter mentors other transformational and creative businesses, as well as continuing a career as a singer, and spending time growing a balcony garden in Buenos Aires where she splits her time with Aberystwyth.
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