Charlie Alice Raya
book 3/2, shaping
entanglements & silence
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16 December 2024
You came to conquer.
I came to create.
You came to rule, oppress, dictate.
I came to unearth and empower.
You came to profit, exploit, degrade.
I came to see humans
and nature
thrive.
I am a creator of worlds.
I make them alive.
You only know destruction.
© Charlie Alice Raya, book 3/2, shaping, entanglements & silence
In the second part of book 3, personal entanglements take centre stage. It is a textbook case of what happens if we can’t, for whichever reasons, talk with each other openly.
Meanwhile the teams complete their final draft for the town, and there is a wonderful chapter with Alice, Andy and chicken. Mind you, Daria bursts the bubble, but Raiden has the idea that gets them back on track – with chicken.
After days of all-teams meetings in the atrium, the plans for the town are finally complete, and Leo’s team send them out far and wide to countries who might be interested in hosting the town experiment.
In the evening, the teams come together for a final and memorable winter party before the winter break.
And then there was silence.
Christmas Eve falls into this silence for Alice.
But the Christmas chapter starts with Andy in a setting we haven’t seen him in before. With his scene a chapter unfolds which is woven from five different stories and allows glimpses into many more.
I dedicate the Christmas chapter to everyone who has trouble with that night or with all Christmas days. And I hope that the many layers and the very different stories, can bring some soothing and some smiles to many.
After Christmas, Alice, still on her own, is faced with the fact that no one has made an offer for a town site.
The New Year passes, the teams begin to return, and still no offer. That’s when a big question begins to loom above all their heads: Where do we go from here?
‘Being at this project is like being on a different planet. It’s like being inhibited because so much is unfamiliar. But at the same time much is inspiring. And I feel free in new ways because the mind broadens. Colours, motions, sounds are added, I hadn’t been aware of. And while the project opens many doors, it never demands that we throw away what we know, what is ours. It asks us to connect what we know to what we find. It asks us to explore, and ultimately to decide which parts to keep, and which parts to use to create something new.’
© Charlie Alice Raya, book 3/2, shaping, entanglements & silence
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Other topics get some space, too, such as fame, property, racism, poetry, upbringing, family, belonging, Christmas, homelessness, trauma, childhood, composing, silence.
book 3/2, shaping
entanglements & silence
Part two of book three things get very personal and tense, and that has consequences.
Meanwhile the travelling team departs, the town plans are completed and most members of the team depart for the winter break.
At Christmas Eve the five main stories are woven together and many more are hinted at.
‘Alice, I need you to check in with me frequently over Christmas and New Year.’
‘Dennie, I have survived many Christmases. Why shouldn’t I survive this one?’
‘Christmas shouldn’t be about survival.’
Pages: 355 pages, 128k words
Format: pdf
Price: € (incl. VAT)
ISBN 978-3-9821289-8-6
Contents
entanglements
11/12 November
Consequences & entanglements
26/27 November
More entanglements, a dance and a fall
2 December
Chickens
And then there was silence
14-16 December
ready, a party, departures, silence
24 December
New Years Eve
28 December
Silence persists & a song for the New Year
6 January
A new year