EJK on PRESS (A) TO START — Parenthetical Recluse

Elizabeth Joan Kelly, one of my favorite composers working today - and, in the interest of full disclosure, one of my favorite collaborators - on the first edition of my PRESS (A) TO START series:

“… a beautiful and heartbreaking work: Weaver navigates the complex reality of losing a family member - albeit one who represented significant trauma - through a mixture of self-analysis, memory, narrative, objects, and drafted obituaries. The central tension comes not from a sense of loss, but from the inherent sense of guilt that comes with saying goodbye to a complicated relationship. But despite how devastating it is, LAST CHRISTMAS IN JULY is also breathtaking and, in a way, comforting, because it is evidence that trauma can beget great work, and that is what great art does: it makes us feel and astounds us with what it makes us feel.”

PRESS (A) TO START is a twice-a-year, print-only premium (though decidedly imperfect and raw) zine produced exclusively for MacroParentheticals subscribers. The first issue, LAST CHRISTMAS IN JULY – A COWARD’S EXORCISM, is now available. You can sign up here to subscribe.