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Oasis
Hofer-Holderman, Lucas
Hofer-Holderman, Lucas
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2024-04-12
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Hofer-Holderman, Lucas. 2024. Oasis. -- In Proceedings: 23rd Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University, p. 26.
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Originally created for a lesson on text painting, ‘Oasis’ became an exercise in forgiveness. From the initial melody in the altos, there is a pull between hurt and health. At first, the wound is fresh, and even singing is taxing and sorrowful. As time goes by the pain builds to a form of spite, “bleed my heart before it runs dry / as if it could run dry!” and here is the climax of the song, breaking into infinitely renewable love amid such agony— an oasis that will never run dry.
This piece was incredibly cathartic to make, and reflects my own journey in forgiving a former friend of mine. Unfortunately, there was no reconciliation, so the peace ends abruptly yet happily, representing the end of that relationship but the continuation of love as a philosophy.
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Presented to the 23rd Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF) held at the Rhatigan Student Center, Wichita State University, April 12, 2024.
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Wichita State University
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URCAF;v.23