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[theatokos]

Interview a la alizarin71:

1. Describe your favorite single aspect of Mary. How has it changed your life personally?
Coming up with a single favorite aspect is daunting. So I won't try. I love the Annunciation. But there's a great mystery associated with her that I could meditate on for years. In Orthodoxy one of her attributes is Container of the Uncontainable. The idea of a human being containing the fullness of the divine is amazing. I'm not sure if any one aspect of Mary has changed my life, but I know that studying Mary saved my Christianity. I was teetering on the edge of moving into to full blown Wicca/Goddess worship for a while, mainly because I fed up with the patriarchy and absence of women in religion in my experience of Christianity. Then, I moved across the street from a Russian Orthodox Church and got schooled in the Theotokos. Christianity remains problematic, but I feel I have a way in now.

2. Where do you go first at the zoo? I don't go to the zoo.

3. Is Tim Burton a genius or should he really just stop, already? Once a genius, now just repetitive. Really, did the world need "The Corpse Bride"?

4. A woman in a business dress carrying a leather satchel comes to your office and tells you that tomorrow you will sing one piece of music to a sold-out auditorium. She manages to convince you that you have no choice in the matter. The length and style of song are yours to decide. What song do you choose and why? Well, I'd need to know a few things. First, how big of an auditorium are we talking about? With or without a mic? A capella, or with accompaniment - band (what kind?), piano? Do I get any rehearsal time? Geez, details man.

5. What is in the leather satchel? A pencil, her cell phone, $5.48 in assorted dollars and cents, half a sandwich left over from lunch wrapped in paper napkins, and an envelope of hundred dollar bills.

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Comments

[epymetheus.livejournal.com]

Why didn't you answer question number four? I declare this interview void until number four is answered.

A.

Man, like, details

[alizarin71.livejournal.com]

Here is the thing with question #4: The auditorium is a pretty large space, like Symphony Hall in SF. You can choose to mike it or not, and you can choose to sing alone, accompany yourself, or ask for accompaniment. Your accompaniment can be large or small, but you'll be the star. If you want you can even have a spotlight and a sequined gown. Whether you practice or not, you'll be singing tomorrow night.

Re: Man, like, details

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Well then.

It'd have to be miked. That's a lot of space for some one not practicing the opera. I'd probably get up and sing a capella, Stormy Weather most likely. No chance of forgetting the words, not long, and fun for all! If I had a jazz trio with 20 minutes of practice before hand that'd be even better.

But really. What a waste of a concert hall. One song? All for me? I'd rather have the time to organize an extravaganza and prepare many songs with a band and more singers to sing with. I miss singing with others.

zoo

[alizarin71.livejournal.com]

Why don't you go to the zoo? Is it depressing to see the conditions animals are kept in? Or are you just not that interested in monkeys?

Re: zoo

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Zoos are depressing. Granted, I haven't been in almost 20 years. I have sad memories of the Sydney zoo and a molting grizzly bear and polar bears in pathetic concrete pools. I'm sure monkeys are more fun in person, but I personally do not find them endearing or hilarious like most Americans. You can reassure me all you want about the good zoos out there (I know they exist and I'm glad they do), but I can think of other things to spend my time and money on.