ray langenbach : gesture, stutter, state |
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refers to forward, through, in front of, before, early, first, chief, toward,
against, at. It has roots in the Indo-Iranian, pari -: around, the Greek,
para: beside, alongside, Sanskrit: pur: before.
to make 'perform' we combine it with forma: form, shape, contour, appearance,
beauty, most likely derived from Greek (via Etruscan), morph, form, beauty,
outward appearance, which in German became fornir, to furnish
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So a performance is a shape or form in front of us, advancing toward and against us, or alongside and around us, furnishing the very space we inhabit. |
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