Written during FIBER Weatherscapes Lab with the intent of developing performative ways of convening with the weather, inspired by Astrid Neimanis methodology of Weather Writing.
“Close your eyes
Every human made sound you hear is a weather
Every natural sound is human made
Write a love letter to this weather, romanticize it aggressively
Don’t be afraid of cliche
Remind yourself that cliches are cliche for a reason
Turns out it’s a huge hit, never been heard before
Give your lyrics to someone else
Sing these new lyrics outloud to a tune
Chanel Maria Carey if this helps
While you are singing, make sure you are also listening
As you hear lyrics around you, absorb them into your own lyrics
Do this until you are all the singing the same song
This might take some hours, but this is a sign you are writing something good
Once you are singing the same song, sing in chorus and preferably in harmony
You’ve just started a boyband, congratulations!
You’re an overnight worldwide heartthrob sensation
Rolling stones has described you as a “force of nature”!
You decide this will be the new name of your band
Force of Nature have just released their first album
Each song is a new meteorological epoch
When you listen to the song you are able to travel there
Each song is a weather portal
Choose your favorite track
Jump through the portal
You realize this is the breakup track
You are suddenly extremely heartbroken
The weather of this speculative epoch mirrors your misery
You remind yourself that pathetic fallacy is not pathetic
Write a breakup song
Everyone who hears the song immediately doubles over in tears
This makes you laugh
Start laughing
When you hear someone laugh it makes you cry again
Oscillate between these extreme weathers
Complain about the fact that the weather is very unpredictable
Make small talk with each other
What is the smallest talk you can make
Make yourself very small and talk
Make yourself very small and sing your breakup song
This is the music video
They play it on the weather forecast channel
Everyone grumbles and cancels their picnic plans
They stay at home being heartbroken
This dramatically lowers emissions for a day
Weather instruments record values that are off the chart
They start to make strange sounds that no one has heard before
Across the globe a choir of instruments start to sing
This is the backing track to your song
This is the Force of Nature world tour.”
TOAST 