Hello Good Bye Are You Satisfied

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Hello Good Bye / Are You Satisfied

Memorial Re-Arrangement and Cover Interpretation

Music, Lyrics, Montage, and Interdisciplinary Media Work by Donald Morin

Following the tragic passing of acclaimed Indigenous cellist and interdisciplinary artist Cris Derksen, I revisited and re-arranged portions of my earlier songs Hello Good Bye and Are You Satisfied as a memorial reflection on grief, memory, spirituality, human connection, and artistic survival.

The original compositions and lyrical structures emerge from multiple artistic periods spanning more than four decades of songwriting, theatre, interdisciplinary performance, filmmaking, spoken word, and visual montage practice.

Hello Good Bye traces back to my earliest experiences working in Vancouver film production during the early 1980s while appearing in Robert Boyd’s independent film Hello Goodbye. Out of that creative period emerged a reflective song concerning fleeting encounters, longing, emotional distance, and temporary human connection.

The second lyrical layer, Are You Satisfied, emerged from my 1986 interdisciplinary fantasy stage work Slow Down Order, developed during the social and cultural atmosphere surrounding Expo 86 in Vancouver. The play explored commodification, spectacle culture, authoritarian psychology, colonial structures, and the growing emotional fragmentation of modern life.

From that theatrical work emerged the recurring refrain:

“Are you satisfied?”

Years later, portions of this material evolved further through the multimedia theatre/music work Indians and Dogs with the late Jimy Sidlar, whose musical presence helped transform the material into a more emotionally open and communal performance structure.

The emotional center of the medley deepened further during the 1990s through melodic material composed for Danielle Pruski following a devastating accident that profoundly affected my family and those close to her. Danielle later passed away in 2015 after many years in long-term care. These newer arrangements therefore became memorial reflections not only for Cris Derksen, but also for Danielle and all absent from the body.

In memory of Cris Derksen, Danielle Pruski, Jimy Sidlar, and all absent from the body.