Did hitting just the right tone require very careful writing/editing?
The visual work has a sensuality that is inescapable. Anytime you ask someone to touch your skin in such an intimate way, you have created a connection of the senses with them. It becomes personal, a private moment executed in the public sphere and then documented. All of these things inform the quality and tone of the work. However, the reason the tone of the radio work is so unique for public radio is that it was not scripted for radio at all. The narrative part of the work came directly from the journal I kept after each interaction with the paint mixers. I sat down at my computer and listened to the tape I had of them. I relived the experience and wrote as I was listening. I wanted to honor them as well as explore the reactions I had to them. They were all very personal and dear to me, so this is another reason the narrative comes across so sensually. The bit heard in the radio work is only a small portion of what was contained in the journal. Dmae Roberts (the co-producer) and I e
