The  Light  Between

Jack Jenkins

“The Light Between” is an artistic collaboration intended to direct the listener and viewer’s attention to that which is “between,” whether that is space, light or silence. All of the dimensional reality that we experience through our sensibilities is set in a context, a very large one in fact. Anyone who has had to move from where they were living is confronted with all the stuff that they have managed to collect and cram into that space. It seems that human beings think that the only reason for this space, this context, is to fill it up. I suppose we eventually succeed in that when we have completely obliterated the light, and we’re dead!

What each of us as artists has tried to do through the form of thought, music and image is to point to the greater context within which those forms find their true meaning. You could describe that context as un-dimensional or invisible. That which is “between” actually is what connects. It connects everything. It is what allows us to experience the oneness of it all.

These three friends I have known for a long time and we all share this sensibility to what really has true meaning. I thank them for their generosity and immediate willingness to participate in this project. I think Chris Harris was born with a camera in his hand. He has shown me areas of the Cariboo/Chilcotin region of BC by backcountry skiing and canoeing trips that I otherwise would have never seen. I’ve performed with Maryliz Smith since we were hippies with long hair. She lives in San Francisco so our collaboration was all “virtual.” She is a dear friend. I met Janet Barocco many years ago, although briefly, but we do have a common connection—her husband Richard Heinberg. Richard plays the violin and we played for several years together before he and Janet met. I originally scored Janet’s poem for a women’s chorus and have just recently transcribed it for cello and piano. Enjoy!

Jack Jenkins — sepabay@shaw.ca