April Newsletter: The Light That Comes Through
“The Light That Comes Through”
Happy April!
News:
TELEPHONE, one of the largest collaborative, interdisciplinary artworks in history, launches on April 10th! I contributed a song called “The Light That Comes Through”.
I’m recording!
I’m writing!
How did I get 16 piano students?!?
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Last July, I had the opportunity to participate in TELEPHONE, one of the largest collaborative, interdisciplinary artworks in history. It’s based on the game of Telephone, where a message is whispered from person to person. I was assigned a painting from an artist in Istanbul, and my task was to convey the painting’s message in a song. In the end, 950 artists from 479 cities in 70 countries created original, interconnected artworks, and the whole exhibition will be unveiled on April 10th.
It’s all very secret — I still don’t know what came before the painting, or what comes after my song. I’m VERY excited to finally find out whether my song contains any traces of the original message! All I can say for now is that my song is called “The Light That Comes Through”. I’ll send it to you, and a reminder to check out the exhibition, on April 10th.
I’m planning to release a few studio recordings in the coming months, and hopefully an album later this year. I’ll keep you posted on all this. I’ve uploaded a sneak peek at the progress on “Disembodied Mind” to my Patreon. There’s a ton left to do on it, but it’s sounding really cool.
Somehow over the past few months I’ve ended up with 16 piano students, which has me busier than ever. I’m also chipping away at the next draft of my young adult novel. Thanks to a sample from the novel, I was accepted to Lambda Literary’s 2021 Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices! That’ll be in August, and I have a week in May set aside for research and writing. Busy busy busy.
Oh! And as of today I’ve been vegan for TEN YEARS. Wow. Time.
I’ll be in touch soon with your download of "The Light That Comes Through," the story behind writing it, and details on how to find it in the full TELEPHONE exhibition!
Take care,
Stephan
a.k.a. Sparkbird