The Blizzard of '93, 2005
Duration: 15:00
live performance
In the Blizzard of ’93, I humorously describe what it was like to hit puberty through a series of stories that depict this inescapable part of life. Throughout the piece, a screaming image of myself as a child is projected onto me, who visually changes as I move into her. I begin by recounting the massive snowstorm that hit my hometown in 1993. My world was insulated, quiet, and surrounded by white when it suddenly became “soaked with red”. I describe my feelings of despair, where I felt like I had lost my child self, but in the end I discover that the girl never left.
