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With these set of photos I wanted to emphasize the act of intrusion, while one’s space, being was invaded.

fall 2020 UIndy

Song for the Rain

Lyrics from "Sonnet for the Rain" by Shauna Sartoris:

Tonight, as wind is whisked about the air, the solemn rains of earth are singing songs and I will still my mind and say a prayer for all the ways I’ve felt myself go wrong.

I often wonder, as I sit alone, if I would be allowed to join the sound should I request to join this great unknown that lifts the dying crops up from the ground.

Perhaps I ought to strive for greater things and whistling with the wind is for the birds but what if rain is what tomorrow brings and wind is better than a poet’s words?

I want to join the rain just to escape until the day my life can take its shape.

Scan the QR code below to listen to "Song for the Rain" by Chloe Crockett on Soundcloud:

“Song for the Rain” was created for the 2019 UIndy Art Song Project. The lyrics originated as a sonnet, written by poet Shauna Sartoris, and came alive when set to the rain-like melody produced by pianist Chloe Crockett. The song’s chorus (“I want to join the rain just to escape / until the day my life can take its shape”) comes from the sonnet’s final couplet. The song is written for one primary soloist, a harmonizing trio, and a piano accompaniment.