Character Part 2: A little bit regarding Laura Karney

This entry promises to be a bit more bite-sized.  I just want to remark, however, that  even though your name may not be on the title, you should still read the blog, because often there is mention of others in these comments, and each blog starts to build the logic that the relationships between characters is built on.

So In looking at the relationship between Michael and Aaron, it seemed that Aaron would be this freer aspect of Michael, and Michael would be this less free aspect of Aaron.  Part of the reason for this was so that there could be a real world character in Michael who was going through some literal aspects of the poems (putting his pen aside, being in suffering's parking place)while at the same time Aaron would be experiencing the fantastical side.  Sometimes these things might cross over into Michael's realm, but Michael himself was not free to engage with them otherwise.  IN some ways, we were discussing many of the other characters having a "realistic persona" and also having an imagined or fantastic persona.  Especially those characters who play two instruments.  Both Robert and Laura Karney came to mind here. 

Laura was especially intriguing to us given her work on Lamento and Romanska Bagar last year.  I think that both Ellen and I equated her character with the angel in Romanska Bagar at several points, and we were struck by the difference in her instruments.  I especially was trying to recall my conversation with her last summer when we talked about her thoughts about the two instruments, and the differences they had.  Perhaps Laura can comment a bit below?

Anyway, it seemed like these two instruments might make it so she would be able to move between worlds.  The idea of her having a person in the real world and another in the fantasy world that might somehow be interconnect was intriguing, and I began talking about having her appear in the real world in Flygblad at some point as a nurse at a bedside.  Perhaps Michael's bedside, but still to be determined.  And also though it would be great to have her reprise her angle role much as she had explored it in Romanska Bagar.  The only difference would be that her interactions would be with Aaron instead of Michael.  And it could possibly be something that Michael experienced through his imagination- seeing it as a vision in his world.  I thought it might be interesting to manifest this through the shadow play we were working with last year, so that the shadow of Laura, combined with the shadow of the harp might somehow create a shadow of an angel that was cast in Michael's world. 

Ellen discussed a fair amount of this with her, and I'm going to ask Ellen and Laura K. to blog about that to include some of the details.

In the next two blogs, I'm going to talk in more detail about Robert and Kathleen.  I needed to set this up for the discussion about Robert.

Pat

Comments

[Kathleen]

This is fascinating. Laura, which instrument do you associate with the Angel character? And as one of the three ladies last summer (with Angela and Christa), were you in the real world or the fantastical?

Kathleen

[Coach outlet]

Thank you Phil for the coverage. It would indeed be great to meet on Tuesday evening and discuss your experience.
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