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Jane Siberry
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Act 5: Above the Portico
Act 5
Instead of a village it was a temple. And above the
portico were the words KNOW THYSELF
Magic and I climbed the cool marble steps following
the indentations of thousands that had climbed before
us. And there we stood in the temple with a beautiful
breeze coming in off the ocean. In, inspiring us.
Making us feel like we could write the most beautiful
song in the world, paint the most beautiful painting.
And then because we know that these are times of
greater discipline, we understood that we must feel the
air also moving out. So we felt the vacuum starting.
And we felt sick. We felt nauseous as the air moved
out of the temple and we heard the splintering of glass
and the smashing of wood and we heard a voice say
'Flat line, second time tonight'.
HARMONY
And in this temple, as we reminded each other of
Harmony—the harmony that we send out in every single
thing that we do: me as a musician, you as a mover
of the earth, as a tiller of the people. And harmony is
not just a pretty chord. Harmony is the sequencing, the
release at the right point into something beautiful.
BODIES
And we pursue the greater understanding of harmony
by using our bodies to run marathons and to lift
weights and to burn the dross off. And then we do
the opposite, of course. We sit on our couch for two
weeks and eat junk food and watch tv and take into us
a value system that puts forward lies and intolerance
as acceptable. And even worthy of primetime viewing
when the children can see it.
HAIR
And we experiment with our hair and we twist it tightly
on top so it is a topknot and it spurs the aggression
in our system. And we look a bit like a Samurai
warrior. And we shave the sides so that Venus cannot
get a foothold. And then of course, we do the opposite.
We shave the top and we let the sides grow until we
look like someone of a hermetic order.
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ORDER
And as we try to order the universe in a way that will
give us the security that we need, we add the signs on
top of each other. 'Do NOT do this!' 'Do this!' 'Drive
according to conditions!' until finally we can no longer
see the view. And so of course we do the opposite.
We get rid of all the signs. And we wobble and warble
until finally we find the path of least resistance and a
feeling of Common Sense that guides us. The middle
of the river, equidistant from the shoreline. And the
view now! And as we stand here in this temple, the
columns, the spaces between the columns perhaps
even more beautiful than the columns themselves.
DESCENDING
And as Magic and I descended the marble steps
I looked back and I saw that the words above
the portico had changed: 'THAT THOU MAYST KNOW GOD'
HEADLINES
We feel the headlines starting to crowd in again,
as they must. 'The highest cause of death in a
modern day war is ... suicide.' 'One lone veteran
stands in salute for his fallen comrade, alone on
the street as the coffin goes by. Office workers
see this and join him the following week.' A
young man is brought back from a far away war.
TEENAGERS
Six o'clock news: another war veteran, school
bus driver, bus shelter, teenagers. And as I turned
to leave they stood up to give me a hug. And
the hair fell away from their eyes. And I saw that
now their foreheads were open and their eyes
were bright blue and warm brown and brimming
with intelligence and humour.
And I said to them Whenever you find someone
open, glom onto them like a little barnacle until
you get safely through being a teenager. And be
careful with the drugs and alcohol because your
temple ... every now and then you will need to
walk through the darkness alone.'
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