VIGIL: Prayers of Healing for the Living and the Dead: CHROMOTHERAPY WEEK

Day 22 - Red. Photo by Fred Hatt

Color Healing Series.

Using the healing power of colors has been a practice since ancient times, with records found in Egypt, Greece, India and China from as early as 2,000 BC.

In 1989 musician Miles Davis released the album Aura (written and produced by Palle Mikkelborg.) Each song titled by a color on the light spectrum.

This week I set myself the Chromotherapy Challenge!!!

Each day I will create a performance prayer that explores the combination of a healing color with the correlating color title track on the Aura album!

It’s time to add a splash of color to my Tabula Rasa … I get the paints out!

Day 20 – Yellow

I had to summon a lot of energy to do this one justice.

VIDEO - Day 20 – Yellow

Day 20 - Yellow. Photo by CEB

Day 21 – Orange

Needed to get into it and find my groove.

VIDEO - Day 21 – Orange

Day 21 - Orange. Photo - CEB Selfie

Day 21 - Orange. Photo by CEB

Day 22 – Red

This energy carried me all the way.

VIDEO - Red – Video by Fred Hatt

Day 22 - Red. Photo by CEB

Also today … total downpour, absolute gully wash!

Earlier, friend and collaborator, sculptor Hisayasu Takashio (Shio) came to visit, followed by a strange bag-lady woman trying to escape the rain – I gave her my piece of Mylar and made her a poncho.

Then Fred Hatt came and took some gorgeous footage.

What a day! A RED day!

Day 22 - Red. Photo by Fred Hatt

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Day 22 - Red. Photo by Hisayasu Takashio

Day 23 – Green

So cool and meditative I didn’t want to move.

VIDEO - Day 23 – Green

Day 23 - Green. Photo - CEB Selfie

One of my original Motion Sculpture performers came to visit today – Judy Canestrelli.

Day 24 – Blue

This one made me talk.

VIDEO - Day 24 – Blue

Day 24 - Blue. Photo - CEB Selfie

Day 25 – Purple

Both Indigo and Violet. Several attempts to find my place here, finally finding it in the hands.

VIDEO - Day 25 – Purple

Day 25 - Purple. Photo - CEB Selfie

Day 25 - Purple. Photo by CEB

Day 26 – Gold / Silver

Not officially Chromotherapy colors – nor on the Miles Davis album … However, I created my own songs to gold and silver biblical texts.

VIDEO - Day 26 – Gold + Silver

Day 26 - Gold + Silver. Photo - CEB Selfie

Day 26 - Gold + Silver. Photo by CEB

Then Daniel Carter and Marianne Giosa appeared! Dear friends and collaborators in many adventures. Muse-ical havoc ensued on the pavement outside the gallery!