The Quarry Project February 2021 Update
We are delighted to share with you the film from The Quarry Project 2020, While We Wait.
If you feel moved to write, I am always honored to receive what you have to say about the creative process. Send to ctgahannah@gmail.com. Also, here are two wonderful reviews of the film from Jim Lowe at The Times Argus and Pamela Polston at Seven Days.
I came across this quote from Jake Yuzna, a filmmaker and Creative Capital awardee that sums up much of what I am feeling these days:
“If you concentrate on the process and the people, the end result will be great no matter what. Even if the result goes nowhere and it’s a lost film that ends up on a shelf, the time we spent together has enriched us as human beings and has led to personal growth. If we work this way, the film is a success, no matter what.”
During this most challenging and insightful year, the ensemble has been getting to know each other and discovering love and trust. Here is a peek into their journey of closeness, what some of them had to say after viewing the film for the 1st time, all together on zoom:
The grey stillness, the forehead to forehead, the zoom sounds and grainy voices, the clips from phones and homes. It sings a universal song of loss and hope. As Sharyl said, lovely to be on this raft together. MCD
Love to you all! Gorgeous film! Feels like a lifeline! Thanks for some togetherness! AW
The film is super beautiful and heart medicine. SK
So emotional over here…from a pond in Chelsea to this with you tonight…can barely talk. So, will go make dinner. love you all. can’t wait to see you again on any raft. AFP
Seeing the braiding of the past few years and the “now” in sound, sight, and sensation was really moving… the adjusting we have all done. CS
How potent this film is; layers of relationship are present, very clear and undeniable. AJ
And a few from our community of supporters:
Provocative, reflective, sensitive, visually intriguing. I love it.
Exquisite and sublime don’t get even near the feel of this beautiful film.
So many descriptors come to mind: meditative, haunting, monumental, curious, awe-inspiring, melodic, unknowable.
The tenderness of the humans is captured; so honest, so full of the range of emotions and possibilities.
It elegantly captures the feeling of this time, of delay and grief and keeping going, of zoom audio crackles and quiet and noise, of a house too small and a world too big. I’m amazed at what your dancers are still bringing to one another – you have a lovely ensemble.
I am deeply moved and filled with gratitude for this life,
Hannah
