An Awakening of Sorts
Posted by Christopher Larkin on 11/17/2008
What to say about the last three months?
Really, it’s hard to describe. While this show has been an awakening of sorts for me, it has also felt very much like a dream. It feels like I just got here yesterday, yet my belongings have been shipped home and my bags are packed to go. Trying to put this experience into words is just as difficult as trying to explain the overall meaning of the play.
Frank Galati once said the reason people go to the theatre is to dream. He also said that much of this play is about memory. The audience enters the house, shares in the dreaming and then takes the experience with them as a memory. I suppose the same holds true for me. This show will soon be a memory that I’ll take with me wherever I go. It has helped shape the person I’m becoming, and I’m all the better for it.
I have no idea what’s going to happen next. Much like Kafka, a whole new journey awaits me next week when I board the plane back to New York. There are no answers. There are no certainties. But for the first time in my life I feel comfortable enough to walk through the sandstorm, step by step, not entirely sure of what is to come.