I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the relationship between sound and the body, between words and motion, between speech and thought. Birth is announced by a wail that heralds hunger but also affirms: I am here. Those who’ve witnessed the gradual death of a loved one have seen the turning in, the stilling, the quieting. In transforming my poems into choreographic scores, I answered a need to incorporate my physical self into my digital works, representing the visceral reactions that my performances elicit. I sought to bring the immediacy and intimacy of performance into the virtual realm. I also wanted to draw out how and where language lives in my body. The acquisition of Waiting Room, my first choreographic work, by @tokenangels was a significant moment for me. We had several calls before and after the transaction during which he invited me to consider how to materially represent the video piece and offered financial support for these endeavors. It took me nine months to arrive at the right representation of my choreographic film, feeling very deeply that this new dimension would accompany and evolve with my practice for the rest of my life. Thank you, @tokenangels, for encouraging me down this path – this is what patronage looks like. More to come.