Sitting here at Frame Central hearing the rain gives me a calm.  We’re working on the final, final finishes.  We’re making the credits.  It’s almost showtime and I do feel like the process is coming to a close.

Framing Bodies: LOVE ME has been a  roller coaster of emotions: from forming the idea into grant proposals, to the first rehearsals, and final film shoots and audio recording; to sitting with piles of stories in my living room sorting, sifting, dreaming, piecing, to watching hours of footage, getting carpal tunnel from sitting at the computer for hours on end, coming to tears in the midst of the editing from hearing the heart-wrenching stories of the cast; to feeling resolution, and sitting in awe of the gutsy words these people have spoken, danced and lived…

I’m thankful.

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Happy October, the month of Framing Bodies: LOVE ME. Here’s the article.

This is how I know a deadline is quickly approaching:

1. People are buying tickets.

2. I have a nightmare about the piece.  Last night I had a nightmare about it.  In it, I get lost outside of Spacetaker (the event venue) while all of the viewers are trapped inside watching the film.  When I finally make my way back to the entrance, they are exiting Spacetaker and each give me one of the phrases I say to people whose work I not particularly a fan of.  You know those things you say when you want to say something encouraging or positive, but can’t quite bring yourself to fully lie?  It was that, 100x.

So….yup.  It’s the final stretch.  And now that I’m awake and watching what I’ve made, I don’t think the nightmare will be a reality, but I’ll keep having those nightmares until Oct. 14.  It’s just part of my process, I guess.

Oh yeah, and there is limited seating, so please do get your tickets early.  If you’ve been with us all along as we’ve blogged this journey, you deserve to see the final product!  www.framedance.org/boxoffice.

Can you put these in the correct order in which this moment occurred?

Photography by Lorie Garcia, Studio 4d4.

You’ve been reading a lot of fine words and seeing some beautiful still images of LOVE ME. How about a moving refresher?

Reminder: get your tickets at www.framedance.org/boxoffice.