Totemism

This blog is dedicated to the first rate performer, singer and musician Diamanda Galás. Diamanda Galás (born August 29, 1955) is a Greek-American avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, performance artist and painter. Known for her expert piano as well as her distinctive, operatic voice, which has a three and a half octave range, Galás has been described as "capable of the most unnerving vocal terror". Galás often shrieks, howls, and seems to imitate glossolalia in her performances. Her works largely concentrate on the topics of suffering, despair, condemnation, injustice and isolation. She has worked with many avant-garde composers, including Iannis Xenakis, and Vinko Globokar. Greatness exists independent of most peoples judgement or opinion. We only listen to the wise. The fools have no vote, this is not a democracy. Photos are published by the kind permission of the artist. Her official website: http://diamandagalas.com/

Mana by Diamanda Galás

Kategori: Allmänt, Diamanda Galás, In the mouth of the crocodile, Mana

𝔐𝔞𝔫𝔞

 

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯

𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰

𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔫

𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔫.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔬𝔱 𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔷𝔢

𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔪𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪.

 

𝔅𝔲𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔡𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤,

𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶

𝔟𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔴𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤

𝔡𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔩𝔶 𝔟𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔯𝔟,

𝔉𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔥 𝔟𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔰

𝔈𝔶𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫 𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨

 

ℌ𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔠𝔥 𝔬𝔲𝔱

𝔗𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔰 𝔠𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔟𝔩𝔢𝔢𝔡

𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔰𝔨 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯,

"𝔚𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔪 ℑ?""

"𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥, 𝔪𝔶 𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡."

"𝔅𝔲𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢?"

"𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔫 𝔦𝔱."

"𝔅𝔲𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔱?"

"𝔑𝔬 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔰, 𝔪𝔶 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔯.

𝔅𝔲𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔨𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔪𝔬𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔠𝔬𝔡𝔦𝔩𝔢𝔰 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔞𝔱 𝔪𝔦𝔡𝔡𝔞𝔶."

 

ℑ 𝔩𝔞𝔶 𝔡𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡.

𝔐𝔶 𝔣𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔥 𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔩𝔢𝔰.

𝔗𝔴𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔫𝔞𝔦𝔩𝔰 𝔟𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔲𝔭

𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡

𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔣𝔦𝔵 𝔪𝔢,

𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰,

 

ℭ𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔲𝔷𝔷𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔭𝔦𝔬𝔫

𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔧𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔞𝔩 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔠𝔬𝔡𝔦𝔩𝔢.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔬𝔡𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔶𝔩 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔰,

"𝔐𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔬𝔫, 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔶:

ℜ𝔲𝔫, 𝔬𝔯 𝔡𝔦𝔢."

 

𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔴

𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔠𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔞 𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔭𝔰

𝔑𝔬 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔲𝔰

𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔬𝔫;

ℌ𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔤𝔬𝔫𝔢;

𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔦𝔱- 𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔯𝔢𝔣𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫.

 

𝔍𝔲𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔩𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔰

𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔢𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔫

𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔰𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔪𝔢;

𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔯𝔲𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤,

𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥

𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔬𝔱𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔰,

𝔅𝔬𝔶 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔬𝔩𝔡!

 

𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔶 𝔪𝔬𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲,

"𝔐𝔞𝔫𝔞! 𝔐𝔞𝔫𝔞!"

 

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔯𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔰 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯

𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔞 𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔥.

𝔐𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯! 𝔐𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯!

𝔊𝔬𝔬𝔡𝔟𝔶𝔢.