6 Jul 2006 01:15
Issa last night
GPH <ghansman <at> telus.net>
2006-07-05 23:15:36 GMT
2006-07-05 23:15:36 GMT
Hello all - long time no chat! Remember the heyday of "siblings" when the emails were non-stop . . . well, we have lives now, apparently! Was very fortunate to go to hear Issa/Jane give a speech last night at UBC Robson Square, Vancouver. She's in town before her 4-day workshop at Hollyhock off in the gulf islands between the mainland and Vancouver Island . . . . . Her topic was "Cracking the Egg: A Look From the Inside" - what was supposed to be a snippet of her upcoming workshop . . . but after coming in with her "motorbike" helmet and leather jacket, reading a bit from some meditations on life & science, she opened up and began to talk about the recent changes in her life i.e. closing Sheeba changing her name putting away "Jane Siberry" like an old dress selling her home, all of her possessions, instruments - save her one traveling guitar and 20 CDs (including a lot of Miles Davis and some Van Morrisson) the freedom of decomodifying feeling like she's died and been re-birthed her present relationship with friends and family (mom was in the audience, and as supportive as always) recently falling in love and letting go of him creating new art and deciding what to do with it . . . . For those of you who have been checking out Issa/Jane's website, you'll know that she has been recording of late. Whether that will turn into an(Continue reading)
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