'Silent Places' using Edward Hopper Paintings.

           The painting i had was of a women on a beach. alone. isolated. they were the first things that came into my head.i was instantly drawn to this image because it seemed to stand out from the rest. This could be because it demonstrated more space than the others and the colour scheme was lighter. When deciding what to do for this section i instantly though message in a bottle because the women was at the shore alone looking out to sea. I started thinking why, what drove this women to be in this space and where is she intending to go? How does this message help her story move forward. The majority of letters associated to messages in bottles are usually from a loved one or some one deciesed, therefore i wanted to avoid going down that route which is when i came to the idea of writing a letter to myself. The idea of relieving the character from any emotions and pain that the character was hiding and holding in. The idea that the bottle was being used as therapy to move forward in life. I had previously seen a documentary on people with depression using a technique similar to this in order to face there main problem. Themselves. So this was where the inspiration came from for this piece.
           When actually performing this piece i felt that i could have maybe focused more time on the dialogue i was using. i didn't actually script a piece because i wanted it to be naturally. Place myself in that situation and think what would i say. However, in doing this i think it limited the performance because afterwards i kept thinking of other things that i should have said that could possibly been more effective. Then i toyed with the idea of using some sort of rhythm to the dialogue as the individual and setting in the painting suggested a carribean theme and adding rhythm therefore may have complemented that origin. Below is some dialogue that i wrote after the performance:



Script idea 1:

For you,
A letter for you,
For only you,

For me,
A feeling of relief,
Relief from me,

To the future,
Moving on and forgiveness,
forgiveness of the past.



I felt that in using this style of writing it was simple dialogue that left it open for the audience to create there own interpretation of the story behind the message.