BackStory

My work is often a collage of what sometimes may seem like chaos to some at least during the process of creating it. I will admit that I often will take off on multiple tangents. Research random thoughts and ideas. Be influenced by dreams or the comments I overhear made by random strangers on the street. In some ways I am a sponge for chaos. However, that build up of chaos often becomes what eventually becomes a form of architecture for the work, a background of a piece or the backstory of a character.

Backstory, in writing or acting you always consider the backstory. The history of the character that makes him or her react in a certain way to their present circumstances. The things about the character that the audience may not know but which ultimately make the difference in why that character is who he or she is.

Backstory, for the future, what are we leaving for them. Those who come after? Our influence, our pain, our love, our passion, our knowledge. What backstory do I create today, for myself, for others, for every being I encounter and all those who cross my path.

Did I live as I should live? Did I consider anyone other then my own self and my immediate wants? Did I mend the problems that others left behind so that the future could be free of that which I was forced to deal with? Did I consider the backstory, not only of where I come from but what I leave behind?

The piece I work on now is about that. The backstory.