I think that this piece has a lot of potential. I wish it had been longer. It ended abruptly and I was left wanting to hear so much more. Ray Materson seems to be a lot deeper of a person with a lot more to say than what this piece let’s us hear. Some of the things I really liked about this piece were the way the voices of Ray and some mystery guy kinda overlapped. The mystery guy is gruff and said things like “…butterfly” and then you hear Ray say, so delicately, “…Monarch Butterfly” and the mystery guy says “…escaping from the cocoon” and then Ray says “…emerging from the chrysalis”. It was quite beautiful actually. I would have liked to hear more about Ray’s metamorphosis. What is he doing now? He mentions that he has made this embroidery his work now that is out of prison and I want to know more about that. Beautiful piece, just to short.
Review of Embroidery Felon
Kari Chapin
Posted on January 21, 2005 at 02:25 AM
I think that this piece has a lot of potential. I wish it had been longer. It ended abruptly and I was left wanting to hear so much more. Ray Materson seems to be a lot deeper of a person with a lot more to say than what this piece let’s us hear. Some of the things I really liked about this piece were the way the voices of Ray and some mystery guy kinda overlapped. The mystery guy is gruff and said things like “…butterfly” and then you hear Ray say, so delicately, “…Monarch Butterfly” and the mystery guy says “…escaping from the cocoon” and then Ray says “…emerging from the chrysalis”. It was quite beautiful actually. I would have liked to hear more about Ray’s metamorphosis. What is he doing now? He mentions that he has made this embroidery his work now that is out of prison and I want to know more about that. Beautiful piece, just to short.