INSIDE

Ever have those nightmares where your terrified and trying to scream yet no sound comes out?

Is it like your trying to express yourself but no one hears you?

I feel as an artist... this is what our whole life is like... we are trying to say something yet no matter how hard we try it never comes out right... or no one hears it... was anyone even listening?

Is it the fault of the artist if what they are trying to say is too complex? Would their existence be much easier if they were to just try to say something simple? Would they be more successful if they simply said something that were said before... but just in a new way?

I don't think we have a choice in the matter... our very essence is what dictates our "scream"...our "message".... fight it as we may... that's what we are and what we have to say to the world...

Your "scream" or "words" or "statement" or "message" may keep echoing through time long after you've departed ...but maybe... just maybe it will reach someone?

Are you waiting for an answer?

Is it any of our business what becomes of our art? Do we live just to create it? If so should we feel blessed to just be able to do our part in this grand production called "life" Will it allow us to sleep in peace eternally knowing that we played our part?

If we performed our role the best we could and as authentically as we could... day in and day out... what will that mean to us when the show is over?

Death is a running theme in HEART STRING MARIONETTE... and the tagline "YOU WILL DIE... INSIDE" has nothing to do with the film btw.

Some people smile when they are in pain.... some people joke when they are at their most serious... how would we ever really know that our dear friend was dying inside if we never looked... inside... their art... inside their heart... laugh as they may... their soul is slowly being torn apart.

Maybe we should do some more looking... "inside" ourselves and others?

Brought to you by professional weirdo M dot Strange.