Gunter Gaupp

I think my social anxiety may be the single biggest contributing factor to my personality and how I build relationships, but I haven’t decided yet if that idea is a total bummer or something I’m just learning to be okay with.

This piece was written for Loadbang and premiered during the 2022 Divergent Studio at Longy School of Music and it focuses on the unsatisfying struggle to find an honest, personable voice amid intrusive thoughts and anxious feelings. 

Text: 

When I speak to you 

My mouth is bees 

I don’t think I know how to fix that