'Talking to the Old Gods' was a 7 hour long experiment/performance. I was locked in a room with canvas, calico, wood, paints, water, tools (like sticks, brushes, bottles etc.) I was listening to highly rhythmic folk/black metal music in which the strongest sounds were those of drums and vocals, both male and female. I was applying the paint in the rhythm of the music and/or my thoughts. It was very much a... frenzy of some sort, or a meditation, maybe even prayer.
I had a conversation with my tutor several days ago. It ended up as more or less an argument between his atheism (and being an arrogant idiot) and my spirituality and endless blind resistance. It was funny. But basically his message to me was 'not to think too much' and that i should drop the concepts behind the ideas I had. To an extent, he is right. I do think too much. But that doesn't mean i should drop it. So as a 'no' to his shit, I decided to do this performance. It was an amazing experience, really. Another one shall come up in a couple of weeks. A bigger and better one.
Narka.
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