{"id":247,"date":"2011-05-03T20:56:40","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T20:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c3northampton.org\/?p=247"},"modified":"2015-07-28T03:21:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T03:21:21","slug":"soundwaves-with-lenelle-moise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/?p=247","title":{"rendered":"Soundwaves with Lenelle Mo\u00c3\u00afse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lenelle Mo\u00c3\u00afse&#8217;s sound-based poetics infuse her writing, music<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and collages.\u00c2\u00a0 The 2010-2012 Poet Laureate of Northampton writes stories with her ears, reminding us that rhythm and vibration are the origin of words. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also my favorite person to take a walk with!\u00c2\u00a0 While I tend to focus on the visual details, Lenelle zooms in on the shades and nuances of the soundscape around us.\u00c2\u00a0 She has taught me that words don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t come from paper but from human bodies.\u00c2\u00a0 I recommend signing up for her monthly <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/moisemay2011enews\" target=\"_blank\">enewsletter<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/c3northampton.org\/?attachment_id=248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-248\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-250 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Lenelle_dancing-590x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"442\" \/><\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/c3northampton.org\/?attachment_id=248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-248\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-248 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/likeanastronaut.jpg\" alt=\"collage by Lenelle Mo\u00c3\u00afse\" width=\"448\" height=\"575\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you trying to communicate or explore in your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">The recurring themes are love, peace, compassion, freedom, place, connectivity and forgiveness. I write about the minds and hearts in bodies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where were you when you created one of your favorite works?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Provincetown, MA. I walked alone, in the dark, on Commercial Street, the wind in my dreadlocks, my heart pounding fast, my ears flooding with the sound of wind and waves. And then I sat at my desk in the Sea Change cottage, feeling terrified and liberated. That was back in 2006, during my first artist residency. It was a rite of passage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your spirit animal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">I brake for butterflies and chant to Ganesha.\u00c2\u00a0 Also, horses make me cry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What spaces\u00c2\u00a0in Northampton are you most curious to see inside\u00c2\u00a0of, or to\u00c2\u00a0make work in?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">I think the downstairs theatre at Pleasant Street Cinema would be a great experimental venue for 2AM performance art. Something with poets, banjo players and wild costumes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are some strategies you use to sustain your art practice (while living in Northampton)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">I travel\u00e2\u20ac\u201da lot\u00e2\u20ac\u201dfor work and inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What 5 items do you always carry with you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Lip balm, my iPhone, a scarf, rose oil and a business card.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See if you can recognize Northampton in this <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/D2636PSWHc8\" target=\"_blank\">music clip<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Read a few of Lenelle&#8217;s poems out loud <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith.edu\/poetrycenter\/readings\/moiseP1.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch another (post-performance) interview with Lenelle <a href=\"http:\/\/theatricaljazzpodcastseries.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/lenelle-moise-theatrical-jazz-institute.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lenelle Mo\u00c3\u00afse&#8217;s sound-based poetics infuse her writing, music and collages.\u00c2\u00a0 The 2010-2012 Poet Laureate of Northampton writes stories with her ears, reminding us that rhythm and vibration are the origin of words. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also my favorite person to take a walk with!\u00c2\u00a0 While I tend to focus on the visual details, Lenelle zooms in on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/c3artscollective.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}