by fanconikendra | Feb 24, 2024 | Dear Animal
Dear Animal, I imagine there are snowdrops now back home. Signs of spring. And daffodil trumpets. When my kids were toddlers, we would stop before a ‘daffy’ and listen hard. We thought we could hear them shouting—wake up, get moving, spring up—and since then, I think...
by fanconikendra | Jan 25, 2024 | Dear Animal
Dear Animal, I got my kid some sourdough starter for Christmas. He does pie crust and is ready to level up. The starter comes with instructions, and he is into it, does the flour thing and the top of the fridge thing and the discard thing. This goes on for days. At...
by fanconikendra | Dec 31, 2023 | Dear Animal
Dear Animal, A few years back, you and I, Animal, worked with a local blacksmith to build a typewriter backpack. I wanted to hike and write. Typewriters were originally invented by gun manufacturers, as it turns out, and there was a war in the woods where we lived. I... by fanconikendra | Nov 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Dear Animal, When you were a young Animal, every February, I used to give away show ideas on our socials. One per day for the month. I did it to prepare a blank slate for new ideas to arrive. I remember once that my old friend, the playwright Kevin Kerr,... by fanconikendra | Nov 24, 2023 | Artist Brigade, Commission, Field Trip, Theatrical Research, With Community
Executive Summary: Bringing Artists to the Climate Crisis by Kendra Fanconi In this age, characterized by ecological devastation, paralysing climate anxiety and grief in the citizenry, art has an important role to play. Art can unpack the complex emotional...
