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Melissa Carlson's avatar

To witness someone who is losing their conscious identity is a ‘messy, risky’ endeavor. Memories are a large part of identity, so when someone we love loses their memories we risk them losing us - scary from either side of the equation. To experience their experience requires great courage and fortitude and opens the soul to previously unimaginable horizons, because then we are as much inside another's experience as can we be, and usually understand less, until later.

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Terrill Maguire's avatar

wonderful writing Deepam- as usual! I want you to be a dance writer along with all your other projects- the community needs you! (i was hoping to see the H.S. performance myself but was away care-giving for my sister in California- I'm sure I would have related to much of the piece!)

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Susan Wadds (Deepam)'s avatar

Terrill, it broke me open.

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Terrill Maguire's avatar

....i believe that's what good art can do!

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Burnt Berry Sage's avatar

This is a gorgeous and beautiful rendering of what we experienced that night. I cried all the way home. This helps me keep it in my heart. Important to write about the things that move us. Thank you! ❤️

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Susan Wadds (Deepam)'s avatar

This was not entertainment. This was soul reaching. I’m so grateful to have shared it with you💝

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Burnt Berry Sage's avatar

Me too you,this experience will stay imprinted on my heart!

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