Joy is, in itself, a worthy cause<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But even it needs to be created<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are told that our feelings are somehow superfluous<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not real<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet they can be altered<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Changed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n By outside forces<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You tell me that this strange spirit on the stage isn\u2019t real<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet I see<\/p>\n\n\n\n The body move, gesture<\/p>\n\n\n\n Breathe<\/p>\n\n\n\n And is something in me not changed in seeing it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bodies moving<\/p>\n\n\n\n With each other, and not<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gesture<\/p>\n\n\n\n Breath<\/p>\n\n\n\n Voice<\/p>\n\n\n\n Move into the light<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that\u2019s already a change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Move downstage<\/p>\n\n\n\n Change<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ensemble in formation<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grasp onto another<\/p>\n\n\n\n Change<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lament<\/p>\n\n\n\n The gaze moves<\/p>\n\n\n\n Change<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Meet an audience member\u2019s eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n And they are changed<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n A tear<\/p>\n\n\n\n Change<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A laugh<\/p>\n\n\n\n A moment to the next<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Draw breath<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe the soul on the page has never lived<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or maybe they\u2019ve lived and then moved on<\/p>\n\n\n\n But now they breathe again<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exhale<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once I was you<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Someday you will be me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Are you angry yet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sad?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joyful?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Relieved?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you yet been changed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Step into the light<\/p>\n\n\n\n Draw breath<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fill the body<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wake up the spirits<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t tell me magick isn\u2019t real<\/p>\n\n\n\n This space is charged with light<\/p>\n\n\n\n Buzzing<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every body overfilled with life<\/p>\n\n\n\n And you are a story made flesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Move, speak your spells right now<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are even witnesses<\/p>\n\n\n\n Invite them in<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mistakes are easily forgiven<\/p>\n\n\n\n Only one thing really matters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Conjure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Joy is, in itself, a worthy cause But even it needs to be created We are told that our feelings are somehow superfluous Not real Yet they can be altered Changed By outside forces You tell me that this strange spirit on the stage isn\u2019t real Yet I see The body move, gesture Breathe And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2284,"featured_media":25958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[281,15,614,420],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26025,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26023\/revisions\/26025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}