Capturing the Zeitgeist

 “Steady in a Storm”  by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Steady in a storm/speaking quietly yet forcefully/ tremendously collaborative in a matter-of-fact way/ clad in fatigues staring into a camera/ keeping to a countdown/shutters clicking  not a moment too soon …

 “ Seems Like a Bad Idea …” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom  “ Seems like a bad idea …” as a word with bubble or high  utilizing an obsolescent kind of drive dishing out a dried-out slice of pie  along unflattering fault lines …

 “You Sure About That?” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  “You sure about that?”   “Excusez-me! spilling the beans/feeling badly hanging in the balance/lagging streaming as a flagging “Star-Spangled Banner” …

 “Spellbound”  by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Spellbound/besotted/smitten/bewitched  begotten/astonished/turned on/ “Oh, my gosh!”

 “It’s Human, It’s Said” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  It’s human, it’s said/unfinished, waiting for the artist’s chisel/foggy afterimages of history/as a synthesis of sympathies/beyond pattern recognition/based on an embrace and the image of a kiss …

 “Heavy Handed” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Heavy handed/mostly reactive to years past/cast as obliterated shadows of inhibited characters/ruthlessly shut down …

 “Mind-Altering” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Mind-altering/up in the air/undoubtedly/like a laugh and a half/while playing hooky, perhaps/acting badly/going downhill really really fast/along with a great deal of flair…

 “Distracted Spectators”  by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Distracted spectators/incapable of acting/even at the very last minutes of weakening positions/believing it’s never going to be easy/due to inability or even unwillingness to achieve the far-reaching peace that collective security brings/due to enriching and emboldening cessations of hostilities …

 “Sidestepping” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Sidestepping/moving to and fro/quickly/nimbly/giving the slip/skirting around/dodging/weaving/parrying skulking/sneaking/slinking …

 “Both Mysterious and Banal” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Both mysterious and banal/palm fronds and car parts steeped in scrappy physical and spiritual collapses  having no more to say via smashed paintings  within giving-way skyscrapers …

“A Tough Pill to Swallow”  by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  A tough pill to swallow/a tough row to hoe a pants holder-upper/taking a knee  tell tales/ tall tales/starred clues/circled letters  hints to answer/propelled by hot air …

 “A Chat Chuckle”  by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  A chat chuckle/hunting-and-pecking transforming into an insect/during a snooze fest…

 “Sticking to the Vowels”  by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Sticking to the vowels/on the move/so cool  even as premeditated straight-faced mispronunciations in negative spaces like gas station oases/equating isometrically overrated isolation  from the more mundane broken-through phrasings …

 “Monotonies” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Monotonies/tedium/ennui/ incuriosities/same old thing seeking the essence of things calibrating divinity habituating the touchscreen …

 “Almost Unintelligible” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Almost unintelligible/fact checked/human error/ seeing red/in a temper/taking offense/ deadlocked/losing your head/never intended to tell on the best of enemies/pretending to be objective …

 “For Real” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  For real/like cheering with something up our sleeves like fence sitting in tennis lingo/along with travel kit fillers/plus good grips/all in order to do one’s bidding…

 “I Don’t Know About That” … by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  “I don’t know about that” … “No time to chat!” searching for answers like info, slangily  “Egad! Oh no!” “That’s more than I needed to know!” 

 “A Wild Guess” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  A wild guess  “Gently now” pitching in/snapping out of it/last minute swooping and nimble brimming-but-never-spilling/quivery teary…

 “Both Easy and Difficult” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Both easy and difficult/working in big spaces for very little money/coming closer to installation and sculpture/as larger and larger choreographic forms becoming incredibly hard but rewarding/upon delving into the unknown/and talking about the now/dancing around a circular table draped in a patterned cloth/scraping against rough wooden walls…