My Confession Critique

For my confession performance I sat on an elevated stool under a spotlight, with my cell phone placed on the table in front of me. I pretended to dial my voicemail, and then let the audio clip that I have been working on play on full volume for the class to hear. Once my dad's voice came on, I plugged my ears and sat for three minutes in silence, listening to message after message play. First a reminder from my dad about a thank you note. Then a hello from my mom saying she's off to visit my cousin. Then another from my dad about my half brother, etc, etc. At the end of the messages an automated voice asked if I wanted to save or delete the skipped messages. I pressed delete and my performance ended.

I'm very pleased with how it came together. I've never worked with Garageband before, and I want to give a huge shout out to my parents for agreeing to leave me those messages. I won't post the recording on here because I doubt my mom and dad want it to be universally accessible, but I'll save it for my portfolio at the end. I think my performance was simple and to the point, which helped the class understand what I wanted to convey. I was so grateful that I wasn't faced with silence or confusion when I finished. Everyone seemed to really relate to the idea of being obligated to do certain familial things, and a few people even said that my parent's voices reminded them of their own parents, which made me laugh. We're all college students trying to grow up and do our own thing and yet we're still connected to people back home. We love them, but we struggle to find the balance between being too distant and too clingy. I'm glad that at least my immediate family will always be a priority for me, regardless of where I go to school. Overall I am proud of my piece and I'm happy that it received such positive feedback.