BUGS
and evening gently fell
on the quiet cloud of bugs
dusty crusty fragments
sitting on their little bods
they rested on a hilltop
with greener twinkled grass
the cloud of each and every one
congealing in a mass
from far away a sight to see
this huddle of tiny crawlers
shaded by white murky mountains
just a top their shoulders
like snow that has accrued
they made up one big pile
the whiteness of their oneness
dreamed inside their cloudy shell
and when day broke
small eyes blinked open
antennae attune for travel
nature’s journey
a winding path!
a sneeze across the gravel
steady goes those dainty ones
ready for any struggle
for just like god, they move across
earth’s giant, pretty marble
a family of bouncing weebles
forging streaks across the sky
a perfect bunch of ivory steeples
these milky pilgrims float to fly
HUGE thank you to: Jennifer Gonzalez (co-creator), Alice Lambert Haleigh Dalke Mikaela Demers (freewaterforartists residency in Toronto) Amy DiLorenzo Jen Gonzalez (co-choreographer) Sarah Gottfried (Michigan love & support) Dean Husted Lisa Krainik William Kenton (videographer) Paul Morland Tiffany Ogburn Owen Prum Lauren Settembrino Nicole Truzzi Kayla Ying Yan
Bugs can be an amazing catalyst for looking inside ourselves and our seemingly insignificant habits and annoyances. To the bother! and to becoming the observer.
For a group of park bugs
click here (September 2017, Central Park Installation)
For a meditative circular bug duo click here
(August 2017, Lake Michigan, R&D)