TANNIN
Pushing against pushing against
Cold hard wrists flick
Pushing against pushing against
Cold hard wrists flick
Fight fight fight go
Hold breath , head low
Mouth shut, no sound
No breath, dead ground


TANNIN
Pushing against pushing against
Cold hard wrists flick. Fight!
Pushing against pushing against
Cold hard wrists flick GAIA
PUSHING OUT, PUSHING OUT
WARM PALMS LISTEN
Pushing out, pushing through
Warm palms open


GAIA
PUSHING OUT, PUSHING OUT
WARM PALMS LISTEN
Pushing out, pushing through
Warm palms open

PUSHING OUT, PUSHING THROUGH
MOTHER OF SKY FROM THE WATER OF LIFE
Shaping the interconnected sphere
More than a mother
More than a woman
Warm hearts listen
Shhh…listen…

TANNIN
Pushing against pushing against
Cold hard wrists flick GAIA
Pushing out, pushing through
Warm palms open

Gaia grows a seed, a little girl (marionette) comes from it. Girl is born outside of Tannin’s view through movement (and possible instrumentation)
Tannin:
(talking to herself, not listening to Gaia, does not see Gaia plant the seed for CHILD. Tannin has her own moment during which Gaia births child on other side of stage)
• Gaia plants this mushroom to interconnect the mycorrhizal network, connecting web of life. This mushroom child is the key to making everything whole and connected.

pushing against pushing against
cold hard wrists flick

Gaia:
Push
Push up
Push through
Join our world

(Child is blossoming from a seed Gaia drops)
(Sings, experiencing world for first time as she digs through)
PUUUUUUUUU---
(Spoken)
SHHHHHHHH
PUUUUUUUUU---
SHHHHHHHH UP!
PUSHHHH THROUGH!
(spoken in ¾ time)
pushy pushy
pushy pushy
dirt feels
mushy mushy!
(Singing)
PUSHING PUSHING PUSHING (word "out" is yelled ) OUT!
(From high note, like a siren)
UUUUHHH
PU-
-SH!

Tannin GAIA CHILD
pushing against pushing against
cold hard wrists flick


(not hearing child)
pushing against pushing against
cold hard wrists flick


Cold hands
pushing against
pushing against






-----SHHHH


















SH! SH! SHHH!

Cold hard

Wrists flick


Cold hard















----SHHHH
(The child and Gaia engage in pushing/welcoming hand ritual)

PUSHING AGAINST, PUSHING OUT
WARM PALMS GROW LIFE!

WARM PALMS LISTEN….
WARM PALMS LISTEN
WARM PALMS….








SHHHH---
WARM HEARTS
OPEN
PUSHING OUT, PUSHING OUT
WARM PALMS LISTEN
WARM HEARTS
















pushy pushy
pushing out soaking in
sun light through soil-skin!
crawl and wake
like a snake!


(Sing)

Pushing through

Crawling up

Wanna climb through jungle gyms

Crawling through pushing up
(Yells)
Wanna swing on rooty rooty Limbs!
(Speak)
Pushing against, crawling through soil

Gonna taste sunlight crawling

Feel me soak wet drops falling.
(Speak)
Drippy droppy - warm - listen
(Sing)

I can hear her all grow nearer!

(counterpoint reprise, counterpoint, more forceful aggressive between the trio.)

Tannin GAIA CHILD
pushing against, pushing against
cold hard wrists flick
pushing against pushing against
cold hard wrists flick



cold, hard pushing against
push against!
(haunted)



flick

flick!

flick flick flick!
hard wrists

against!
push against!


flick!


i want out!
shhh! push----shhhhhhhhhhhhh. stop!



PUSHING OUT, PUSHING OUT

WARM PALMS LISTEN
PUSHING ACROSS, PUSHING ALONG
WARM PALMS LISTEN


(to child) WELCOME TO OUR WORLD
…PUSH.

(Loudest) PUSH ALONG!
(to child) LISTEN

WARM

WARM
PALMS

LISTEN

WELCOME, PUSHHHHH.



OUT!


(whispering) "listen listen listen listen”

push push push!

pushy pushing pushy gushy
pushy smushy what’s up here?


push!






push out!




push push push!





cushy
what’s up there - push!
puuuu----

push out!


out!

puuuhhh
puuuuhhh

(she blooms)

PPUUUUSSSHHHH----

SPROUT!

PUSHHH

PUSHH

PUUUSHHHHH OUT!