#adele/Make yuh Bed

[adeleisexceptional]

Sexypink -

As yuh make yuh bed..

So you go lie dong on it.

One of the words of wisdom passed on intergenerationally in the Afro- French Creole culture. Young girls were instructed by wiser family members of harm it would bring to them when unheeded.

The bed with its trimmings were sacrosanct. It was a metaphor for la vie en rose and to interfere with the elaborate rules would cause damnation to the unwary.

Those who did not obey would experience pure misery. Nonetheless some enjoyed the bedroom regardless and pursued the lifestyle....some when becoming pregnant would become the Baby Doll...those who did not conceive would be called the derogatory name of MATTRESS.

Indeed, it was literally how a young girl made her bed that she would lie in it for her future life.

[sexypinkon]

Sexypink -

As yuh make yuh bed..

So you go lie dong on it.

One of the words of wisdom passed on intergenerationally in the Afro- French Creole culture. Young girls were instructed by wiser family members of harm it would bring to them when unheeded.

The bed with its trimmings were sacrosanct. It was a metaphor for la vie en rose and to interfere with the elaborate rules would cause damnation to the unwary.

Those who did not obey would experience pure misery. Nonetheless.some enjoyed the bedroom regardless and pursued the lifestyle....some when becoming pregnant would become the Baby Doll...those who did not conceive would be called the derogatory name of MATTRESS.

Indeed, it was literally how a young girl made her bed that she would lie in it for her future life.

[slayeoff]

All the music asks you haven't answered yet (｡･ω･｡)

 MUSIC ASKS.

4: A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about.

A-HA - Summer moved on

❛Stay, don’t just walk awayAnd leave me another dayA day just like todayWith nobody else around.

5: A song that needs to be played LOUD.

Jay Park- Me like Yuh

❛ Wake up, wake up, let’s get it startedStay up, stay up, girl I’ll be on itDon’t go to bed, unless you go with me.  

6: A song that makes you want to dance.

Luna- Free Somebody

❛ We are dyed with different colorsAnd are full of different scentsThe tips of the five senses are soaked in fantasyWhere all of these senses happen.

7: A song to drive to.

Gray- Good

❛ I’m not really lonely or alone at nightsNow acknowledge your wrongsDon’t hold onto my ankle anymoreWe’re already spilled waterHow can we put it back in the cup? 

8: A song about drugs or alcohol.

Hollywood Undead- Comin’ in Hot

❛ I’m gonna chase this whiskey with Patrón,I wanna girl on my lap and a jägerbomb;I’m comin’ in hot, you heard meAnd I'ma make it rain on the girl who serves meI drink a fifth of vodka till it’s goneAnd if it feels so good then it can’t be wrongI’m comin’ in hot, you heard meAnd we be taking shots and if not you nerdy.

9: A song that makes you happy.

( Currently ) Taeyeon- Fine ( For obvious reasons, even if it’s not a happy song. )

❛Yeah, you and I are similar but differentDo you feel the same way?I’m getting my hopes up.  

10: A song that makes you sad

Jung Yeop- Thorn Flower

❛Your scent remains with me

I can’t forget you

I still feel your tears

I guess I’m still hurt that much.  

11: A song that you never get tired of.

Muse- Undisclosed desires

❛You trick your loversThat you’re wicked and divineYou may be a sinnerBut your innocence is mine.

12: A song from your preteen years.

Michael Jackson- Blood on the dancefloor

❛ Since you seduced herHow does it feelTo know that womanIs out to kill.  

13: One of your favorite 80’s songs.

Modern Talking - Geronimo’s Cadillac

❛Geronimo’s cadillac is tossin’ oh in your headIt’s tossin’ and turnin’ it’s burnin’ and makes you mad.

14: A song that you would love played at your wedding.

Jessica Biel- Mad about the boy 

❛ Lord knows I’m not a fool girl

 I really shouldn’t careLord knows

 I’m not a school girl

lWho’s in the fury of her first affair.

15: A song that is a cover by another artist.

Miley Cyrus- Jolene 

❛Your smile is like a breath of springYour skin is soft like summer rainAnd I can not compete with you, Jolene.

16: One of your favorite classical songs.

 Tchaikovsky - Dance Of The Swans. 

17: A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke.

Lady Antebellum - Need You Now.  

❛Another shot of whiskey, can’t stop looking at the doorWishing you’d come sweepin’ in the way you did beforeAnd I wonder if I ever cross your mindFor me it happens all the time.  

18: A song from the year that you were born.

Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation

❛ With music by our sideTo break the color linesLet’s work togetherTo improve our way of life.  

21: A favorite song with a person’s name in the title.

Lady Marmalade- Taeyeon & Tiffany version. ( Does it count? ) 

❛ Hey, hey, heyTouch of her skin feeling silky smoothColor of cafe au lait alrightMade the savage beast inside roar until he cried,More, more, more.  

22: A song that moves you forward.

Taeyeon- I 

❛ Flower petals wiltI had difficult times, but followed a small lightDistant day, let it go far, farawayI fly splendidly. 

23: A song that you think everybody should listen to.

Chris Isaak- Wicked Game

❛ The world was on fire and no one could save me but you.It’s strange what desire will make foolish people do. 

24: A song by a band you wish were still together.

Wonder Girls- Like this

❛ Escape the weary, tiring, boring, exhausting daily lifeIf you’re looking for something fresh, new and excitingThen hurry and follow me, let the fresh wind come inside youI will make you awaken – here, hold my hand.

25: A song by an artist no longer living.

George Michael- Careless Whisper

❛ Time can never mendThe careless whispers of a good friendTo the heart and mindIgnorance is kindThere’s no comfort in the truthPain is all you’ll find.  

26: A song that makes you want to fall in love.

Fugees- Killing me softly

❛Strumming my pain with his fingersSinging my life with his wordsKilling me softly with his songTelling my whole life with his wordsKilling me softly with his song.  

27: A song that breaks your heart.

So Nyuh Shi Dae- Divine

❛ So to speak, this small me is powerless againstThe raging waves that give their loud roars, butThe sea will surely partAnd make a path for me.

28: A song by an artist with a voice that you love.

Adele- When we were young

❛ Before we realizedWe were sad of getting oldIt made us restlessIt was just like a movieIt was just like a song.  

29: A song that you remember from your childhood.

Cher- Believe

❛What am I supposed to do Sit around and wait for you And I can’t do that There’s no turning back.

30: A song that reminds you of yourself.

Poets of the fall- Miss impossible

❛She can really be a handful like the brownies that she bakes youIt can be a tad hysterical, but never quite the breakthroughShe’s some kind of an epitome, the sea of intranquility.  

[adeleisexceptional]

When I set out to create this Performance I did not think about Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia University student who carried a mattress around campus to protest her rape in 2012.

Nor did I consider the stories experienced by a friend who worked for a Publisher who was seduced by a woman she called mattress for all of the hijinks gotten into.

However, as happens, an idea can align, and this one has done so - and it resonates deeply.

MAKE YUH BED is literal, figurative and symbolic all at once. So you make your bed, so you shall lie...The Baby Doll (Babi Doll) struts up and down with her child in hand. She is asking for maintenance.

I confront Babi Doll's antics head on with this Performance.

Your bed is a major emotional space. A huge portion of your life is had there.

Babi Doll males 'her' bed. She lies on her mattress. It is a canvas for her sexuality - it begins in innocence...you are blanketted, cuddled....you may have had many accidents in it. Urine, blood, tears and sweat.

It is a place for sensual exploration and intercourse. It is your sleep, your health and eventually your death.

Make Yuh Bed discusses the relationship of Babi Doll with her sexuality. She puts her sheet on, she struggles, she embraces it. She lies upon it. It may bring a moment of solice. It may be a reminder to constant pain and regret.

The pain. pleasure principle.

MAKE YUH BED.