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Research area DThe Heaviness of Palaces and Plains– The dramatic metalogueAYou know my sonthe choice of heavinessIs not the choice of the plain Some people saythat it was always thereBut I think that once the plain wasjust a plainIn the time beforebefore humans walked itand gave it its nameIn the times of the grazingor even before the time of men or grazing or namesbefore words likePlainorHeavyorGrassBefore this palace was builtBefore the comprehension of anything being builtor of anything existing such as a palaceWhen all was still openThey skyThe windThe hare the fox and the miceA worm worming its way through the grassBefore there was anythinghere worth fighting for then maybe there was no heaviness at all Silence BAre we there now? AYes we are BSo this is it AYes BWhat do we see? AIt depends BOn what? AThe perspective What we see depends on the perspective BWhat is our perspective? AWell you see my sonthat’s the choice BThe choice – AYes B– ABut be carefulOne has to be careful when choosing the perspective In this story BWhat story? AAgain – That also depends B– AThat is also a choice BOf what? AOf perspective Silence AOkJust lay down on your back for a second B– AHow do you feel? BFineLightRelaxed AAre you on your back? BYes AAre you comfortable? BYesI think soActually I feel quite – I don’t know – The moss and the grass is softThe sun is shining in my face AWhat do you see? BClouds, I thinkBlue sky mainlyand some clouds A- So – Just sky BYes AIs that enough? BI think soActually – I think I could stay like this forever A- What do you hear? BThe wind AWhat do you smell? BGrassMossWait A – I am waiting BWhat was that shriek? It sounded like a somebody crying, yelping – AA buzzard maybe BNo, it was something else AA fox? BSmaller AA little mouse? BI think its dying ADon’t turn your gaze! BWhy not?I cannot continue looking at the sky when somebody ASomebody? BOk – something is dying here right beside me AHow do you know its dying? BI don’t know –It feels like it’s dyingIt sounds like it’s dying AAnd the sky is still blue? BYes AAnd the smell is still the same? BYes, but –Oh Now it’s gone silentAll silentNot a sound Please let me see!Let me check AIf you see, you change your perspective If you seeYou might change this story B – AOk Where are you now? BDeep in the mossOn my belly AWhat are you now? BA worm I thinkGliding through the grass AWhat do you smell? BEverything AWhere is the sky? BI cannot see itNot from down here ALift your headIf you lift your head, you can see it BNow – now I can see it AWhat more? BBlood Blood in the grass AAnd then? BThere it is AWhat? BThe mouseThe thing I heardThe head is gone Its innards AWhat do you feel? BHunger AWhat do you want to do? BSwallow itI want to eat itPlease let mePlease let me eat itPlease let me swallow it whole A – Now – do you understand? BWhat’s to understandI am hungryI want to eat A –If I was there would you eat me too? BYesProbably ASo you seeNow this is a different storyDifferent perspectiveDifferent story – BOh!What happened now? Where did you place me? Where are my eyes? It’s so cold ANow are you hungry? BNo ANow are you a worm? BNo AWhat are you? BI am disappearing I am nothing I amDead AYou are a dead mouse You are disintegratingYou are rotting fleshYou are earthYou are the grass growing What do you feel? BWind Wind in the grass AYes What do you smell? BEarth AAnd BJust earth AAnd BI hear voicesFeetThere are feet in the grassThey are passing meDiggingThey are building a road AWhat are you now? BStill grass AWhat kind of grass? BA tall oneThe type that grows by the roadside AHow beautiful you are BAm I? ACan’t you feel it
BI feel kind of tingly ACan’t you smell – BAh – that’s wonderfulLike honeyOr AYou are floweringYou are in flowerbig purple flowers BIf I was a girl I would have picked me AShe wants to pick you BLet her! Let her pick me!I have been her long enoughI am tired of being grass of being weedLet her uproot me, take mePlease A–If I let her pick you BI knowI know – I’ve got itThen we will change the perspective AThen we will – BChange the story ACan you see her? BYes ACan you feel her hand? BYes A
Can you feel her take you? B– Silence AWhere are you now? BIn a vaseOn a tableIn a big roomBy a window AWhat do you see?Out of the window – what do you see? BThe plain AWhat plain BThe plain outside the palace AYes BClouds gatheringRainIt’s rainingThere is a road out thereTanks on the roadThey are passing All the lights have been turned out ADo you feel the heaviness now? B
Yes It wasn’t there before – but now it’s there The plain is grey and muddyNights falling –Aeroplanes aheadMissiles falling Fire! A group of soldiers breaking down the palace doorThe girl nowhere to be foundThe soldiers running up the staircaseShooting at everythingSlamming the doors to this room openkicking over the tablethe vasetrampling on the flowerson me I am trampling Breathing I am excited I am scaredI am opening the drawersBreaking the chinaI know this soldierWho is he?I know his story ACan you see him? B– ACan you see them BWe are setting the room aflameAmid the ruinsa pile of metal It’s meThis story –I can see itIt is meDownload text as PDFmade with Lay Theme