Writing titles always comes last for me. One of the things to do the night before the show (like now!) Sometimes they are obvious and automatic. Other times, it's a struggle to decide how much to reveal; how much room to leave for the viewer to read between the lines. I always like statements and titles that are more poetry and less postmodern jibber-jabber.
When I'm teaching, I always tell my kids to get their friends to tell them what their piece reminds them of. Make a list of words and phrases and then combine the ones that appeal to them in interesting ways. And that's how I started out myself this time. I began jotting down words and phrases about a week ago and sat down tonight to combine and recombine. I try not to do too much with the thesaurus looking for erudite phrasing, but I do treat it a little like collage. Some words (like intertwining, piercing and appendage) end up cut into bits on the floor, while others come together into unexpected juxtapositions, thus: Avian Geometries.
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