Mandorla Rising
Table of Contents
Prelude ~ Four Songs by Daniel ‘3D’ Deardorff:
Scroll to bottom of the Mythsinger Legacy Project home page, below Storytelling
‘Mandorla Hearts’ (TRT 5:30)
‘White Bark’ (TRT 3:44)
‘The Inner Nest’ (TRT 8:07)
‘The Blessing Kiss’ (TRT 6:12)
All songs composed, performed, produced and arranged by Daniel ‘3D’ Deardorff except ‘White Bark,’ composed for Deardorff by T. R. Ritchie, performed by Deardorff with Nick Moore, piano
Entry Portal to Mandorla Rising website:
Scroll to bottom of page below songs and click ‘Entry Portal by Invitation’ button to enter.
Portal Page (password protected):
Enter with case-sensitive password: Squirrel
Once inside the site, this page will not appear again until the page times out (after 4 hours).
Words of Welcome (text)
‘Mandorla Rising’ Recital (video, TRT 1:06:27, estimated viewing plus reading time: 1:30:00 including the ‘About’ pages).
This document of Judith-Kate Friedman’s zoom recital of 28 July 2021 includes all content from the Project as presented at the recital plus two new videos accompanying spoken texts and two additional poems.
See Transcript button (below video) for downloadable pdf with full text, sequence and times of content, descriptions of visuals.
To ‘feed the story’ with your comments, access button at the bottom of this and all pages.
‘Mandorla Rising’ Gallery – Six web pages with recital content in sequence (details below.) [Estimated reading time: 1:30:00 including the ‘About’ pages.]
‘About this Project’ opens access page to all ‘back-stories,’ as do the buttons below gallery.
‘Using this Site’ provides a step by step guide to navigating site content in its several formats.
‘Calling Fire: Woods, Village and Hearth Fire,’ four mandorla panels, 2021.
‘A Prayer to Tatewari, 2021 (poem text & audio of Judith-Kate reading, TRT 2:52)
To hear this poem spoken by the hearth-fire, see full recital video (segment 5:33-9:10)
‘Daniel Deardorff, Calling Fire, 2019’ (video, soundtrack of Deardorff singing his song ‘To Carry Fire,’ TRT 4:38, lyric and downloadable photo essay follow)
‘The Prohibitive Cost of Denying Otherness,’ (quote), Daniel Deardorff
‘The Gift to Culture,’ (quote), Daniel Deardorff
‘O Teachers,’ (quote), Judith-Kate Friedman
‘Stay Amazed,’ (quote), Susan Duhan Felix
‘Sovereignty within Endurance, Malchut Sheb’Netzach, 5781’ (poem, TRT 1:15), Judith-Kate Friedman
‘Spiral: Grief into Blooming’ (ink on paper), Judith-Kate Friedman
Duets with the Living World, 2021 (Still Images):
‘Story Tree,’ (drawing), Judith-Kate Friedman
‘Earth, Sky & Squirrel Mandorlas,’ (montage) single image, 3 panels, Judith-Kate Friedman
‘Heritage Mandorlas,’ (digital assemblage), ‘Skylight’ oil painting, Irving ‘Mendl’ Friedman, ‘Evergreens and Sky,’ photograph and assemblage, Judith-Kate Friedman
Duets with the Living World, 2021 (Videos with Vocalization):
‘The Hawthorne’s Song’ (TRT 3:10)
‘Gardens: Hummingbird Flight’ (TRT 0:05)
‘Frog and Eye’ (TRT 1:10)
‘Peony Passages’ (TRT 2:43) with ‘To a Peony’ (text)
All Duets - compositions, improvisations, iPhone video and editing, Judith-Kate Friedman
‘Woods and Village Mandorla,’ (photograph and assemblage), Judith-Kate Friedman
‘Bridge of Breath’ (prayer), Daniel Deardorff
‘World Tree Yggdrasil: Three Mandorlas,’ (assemblage with illustration by Daniel Deardorff and quotes from teachings of Deardorff and Robert Bly) paired with ‘Yggrasil: Authenticity, Authority & Associativity’ spoken word piece, TRT 3:33), Judith-Kate Friedman
‘The Power of Trickster’ (quote), Daniel Deardorff.
‘Intolerance Without Breeds Intolerance Within’ (quote), Daniel Deardorff
‘Mandorla Creature’ (oil pastel on paper, one of a series) and ‘Mandorla Creature, detail (eye image), and ‘Mandorla Rising Meditation: A Journey to the Other Within’ (spoken word, TRT 8:01), Judith-Kate Friedman
To see Creature details in moving meditation, see full recital video, (segment 32:05-40:39)
‘We Are’ (improvised nigun/wordless melody and song on video, TRT 3:16) with ‘Mama’s Dress’ (lyrics), Judith-Kate Friedman
Love, Homecoming & Confirmation Page:
Three Poems by Judith-Kate Friedman, 2021 (text, images and audio reading):
‘Beyond the Hermit’s Door’ (after the Hermit’s Hut, 10th century, TRT: 3:42)
‘Denim Blues – For Daniel’ (TRT: 9:30)
‘Butterfly Girl’ (TRT: 2:59)
‘For Now’ (song, video), Daniel ‘3D’ Deardorff sings the song he composed with Judith-Kate Friedman (harmony vocals) in concert at Key City Theatre, Port Townsend, WA US (TRT 4:56)
‘Winged Mandolin Mandorla’ (illustration) Daniel Deardorff, (assemblage) Judith-Kate Friedman
Acknowledgments & Gratitudes Page
Artist Statement includes
Fig. 1, Muses in the Mandorla series, #2: Bee Portal (schematic drawing)
Fig. 2, Mandorla Garden (eight photos)
‘Project & Research History’ includes
Fig. 3, The Other Within Now: A Project Map (schematic drawing)
Fig. 4, Dancing with the Living World: Emergence (schematic drawing)
‘About Deardorff’s ‘The Other Within’ (book)
Glossary of Terms & Symbols
Bibliography
Acknowledgments & Gratitudes includes
Fig. 5, Judith-Kate and Daniel teaching at the Ruach Ha'aretz retreat (photo)
Fig. 6, Love Mandorla Hamsa (photo, a gift to Daniel from Judith-Kate)
Judith-Kate Friedman Biography
Fig. 7, Judith-Kate in concert (photo)
Daniel ‘3D’ Deardorff Biography
Fig. 8, Daniel in concert (photo)
Feeding the Story
Fig. 9, Embers (photo)
What’s Next?
Fig. 10, Winged Mandolin Mandorla (schematic drawing)
Using this Site
Table of Contents (this page)
Dartington Arts School, Devon, UK (button link)