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Doing a project for my Mass Media class yesterday, I came upon an eerie artistic interpretation of a song by Ohio native Jayne Sachs,
Little girl
Little twisted ballerina
Little steps
Little twisted ballerina pirouettes
across the floor
to the window where her
daddy watches from the corner of his eye
and her uncle watches her thighs
Little girl
Little twisted ballerina
Dance
Well her mom's at work down at the hospital today
and her daddy decides to cash his paycheck today
and her uncle says "Sure, I'll watch your ballerina dance."
Well she's heard those words before
She's seen that look before
She's smelled his breath before
She's felt his weight on her before
This ballerina
And when her daddy leaves
and when they're alone he's says
"I just bought a ticket to your show."
Little girl
Little twisted ballerina
Dance
Dance dance dance dance
Got to dance got to dance got to dance got to dance got to dance got to dance
Dance
And she dances out the bedroom
And she dances down the hall
And she dances down the steps
And out the front door
And she goes up to the clouds
that's where she find her stage
And she does the dance that’s twice her age
How did he get here?
Who let him in up here?
Who let him in down there?
I was dancing here
I was dancing here
Little girl
Little twisted ballerina
Little steps
Little twisted ballerina pirouettes
Little twisted ballerina pirouettes
along with the comment that "Art inspires action."
I do wish that this was more often the case. But does art, can art, inspire action? Not in the minds of those who feel that art makes us out of touch with reality and our surroundings.
Not all the time, but sometimes, I think it's better to find out what's going on with yourself, how you feel (or if dealing with art/music/lit, how you react to the artistic stimulus) than to be constantly tuned in to events so far removed from yourself and your situation. If we could only learn balance.
Little girl
Little twisted ballerina
Little steps
Little twisted ballerina pirouettes
across the floor
to the window where her
daddy watches from the corner of his eye
and her uncle watches her thighs
Little girl
Little twisted ballerina
Dance
Well her mom's at work down at the hospital today
and her daddy decides to cash his paycheck today
and her uncle says "Sure, I'll watch your ballerina dance."
Well she's heard those words before
She's seen that look before
She's smelled his breath before
She's felt his weight on her before
This ballerina
And when her daddy leaves
and when they're alone he's says
"I just bought a ticket to your show."
Little girl
Little twisted ballerina
Dance
Dance dance dance dance
Got to dance got to dance got to dance got to dance got to dance got to dance
Dance
And she dances out the bedroom
And she dances down the hall
And she dances down the steps
And out the front door
And she goes up to the clouds
that's where she find her stage
And she does the dance that’s twice her age
How did he get here?
Who let him in up here?
Who let him in down there?
I was dancing here
I was dancing here
Little girl
Little twisted ballerina
Little steps
Little twisted ballerina pirouettes
Little twisted ballerina pirouettes
along with the comment that "Art inspires action."
I do wish that this was more often the case. But does art, can art, inspire action? Not in the minds of those who feel that art makes us out of touch with reality and our surroundings.
Not all the time, but sometimes, I think it's better to find out what's going on with yourself, how you feel (or if dealing with art/music/lit, how you react to the artistic stimulus) than to be constantly tuned in to events so far removed from yourself and your situation. If we could only learn balance.