Friday, November 23, 2007
Things swimming through my mind while remembering the CASayahan while looking at everybody else's CASayahan pictures
(Dedicated to all CommArts peeps, especially the Yapo Grinderz: Elaine, Olga, Telai, Barok, Pen, Maikka, Ranie, Migy and Andie, and to anybody who has ever performed on stage)
Not only do we go on stage, we know the stage the way we remember a familiar face. As staff, actors and actresses, we've paced back and forth that surface enough times to know how to walk the stage walk. We are, after all, the reputed and reputable performers of the University.
Being performers, our audience expects nothing less than a performance from us, for performing is not only executing every needed move, it is also that inexplicable magic that suddenly attunes each performer to each other performer, so all move not as indivudual beings, but as the individual parts of the one being they are envisioned to be. Fortunately, judging by the volume of applause that reached our ears, we seemed to have met, if not exceeded, their expectations. And we have our coursemates' enthusiasm to thank for that.
Of course, no yang is complete without its yin. Let the two weeks of sweat, tears, bruises, frustrations, aching muscles and walks in the night rain attest to that.
Every drop of sweat we wipe of our tired expressions, every night we go out and have dinners that almost count as midnight snacks, every minute we spend in that old internment camp, and in the end every pose we strike and every move we execute, we do for the sake of art. In the end, we perform not for a prize, not for the possible euphoria of victory, but because we wish to create something beautiful, for beautiful things motivate and uplift the human soul to unfathomable heights, even if for a few fleeting--yet unforgettable--moments, something not even victory can achieve.
And maybe, just maybe, this might just be why WE ARE BORN.
1 Comments:
so true. naalala ko tuloy yung mga Isang Daan moments, yung mga performances namin as winners. for me, we performed not only because we are the winners of the songfest but also because we are proud that we, as Com Arts students, have produced something so beautiful and significant. we are proud that we have placed our course as a community a notch higher than how other courses see us. yung 'we are born' text message, nung Alumni Homecoming namin yun nabasa, after our performance. pero syempre, kebs lang. :)
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