Re-Creation

Live performance of Georgia Stitt’s “Re-Creation” at New York’s Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, written in honor of Celeste Mergens.
Performers:
Carla Canales, vocalist
Aixa Burgos, percussion
Kurt Crowley, piano
Anja Wood, cello

Commissioned by The Canales Project for “Hear Her Song,” an initiative bringing together an extraordinary array of female musical artists to offer powerful insights into women’s leadership worldwide.

More information at: www.thecanalesproject.com/hear-her-song. —

Lyrics (by Jacqueline Suskin):
Pull the past into focus
And rewrite repetitions
That spin from the tests of trauma
Spin from the tests of trauma
Rewrite repetitions

Now standing in this power
We present ourselves with newness,
Newness!
Bold belief in the betterment of the whole
By way of this re-creation
Re-creation!

How we lead with our own lessons
Stand firm when enough is enough
And with our gratitude held above all memory of pain
And with our gratitude held above all memory of pain
Our gratitude, our gratitude
We see the structure of our life
Illuminate each choice
Beyond the wall of circumstance.

Re-creation!