PSYCHIC PREDATOR - Kalila Kingsford Smith
My rules for making art: Have an idea. Doubt it. Fear it. Make something. Cry. Repeat. Psychic Predator is a solo, interactive, improvised dance performance for five audience members that embodies the internalized voice that stops or suppresses our creativity. Come help me turn the prey into the predator.
Psychic Predator is a term coined and explored by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes in her seminal work, “Women Who Run With Wolves.” She teaches us that the “psychic predator” is an internalized dark force that suppresses our instincts and creativity. What does the "psychic predator" or the shadowy internalization of the "inner critic" look like for you? What do you do to overcome, skirt around, or ward off your psychic predator? Audiences are invited to write down words about their inner critics, to apply colors to the predator’s costume, and to create spaces of rest, creativity, and comfort while witnessing the predator’s dance. Together, through small acts of creation, we will empower our instincts and creativity to ward off the psychic predator.