Zasis
Zasis — Rob Kaplan, Thomas Chapin, Bill Sloat, and Thad Wheeler — entered every performance with nothing pre-planned. For Stan, watching them was creative fuel. A visual record of music made in the moment.
Doodle Project
Son inspired father, father inspired son. What began as doodles on a school notebook became a college art class project, then a creative practice project for dancers — passed back and forth across decades and art forms, and in the end, a language between them when words no longer worked.
Beyond Words
Beyond Words
A classroom activity became a private language. Rob and Stan kept a drawing conversation journal for the last two years of Stan's life — marks on a page when words became difficult. At the bedside, Rob kept creating.