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Premiered June 28th, 2024, University of Maryland

Clarice Performing Arts Center 

I am a serial futurist. My thoughts are often anxiously fixed on the future, especially now, as I approach the end of an educational milestone. This forward-thinking mindset, while useful, has frequently caused me anxiety (and the attention of nosy relatives curious about my post-graduate plans). Recently, a close friend reminded me of the importance of living in the moment with sincere gratitude. Inspired by this advice, I created Carpe Diem as my practice in embracing the present. The ideas within this work exist freely, while embodying sentiments of gratitude, freedom, and play.

This work is my reminder that the future will wait for me comfortably. It is time to live in the now and seize the day.

- Jaylin Vinson