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alt="Portal Land, ORformwela 6" data-caption="Portal Land, OR&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;formwela 6&lt;/span&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/501/i/8478db11bad6f070910af1387855e39c5374c96afaed2fe281eac689423222a2/210502_Esperanza-Spalding_Portal-Land_Lab_289.jpg" /> <img width="808" height="1080" width_o="808" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9b37e40e669f344a07abe64f3b39217a91997041afb0b19190e6b3d5472648a/Nyc1.jpg" data-mid="115408133" border="0" alt="Lower Manhattan, NYCformwela 8" data-caption="Lower Manhattan, NYC&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;formwela 8&lt;/span&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/808/i/e9b37e40e669f344a07abe64f3b39217a91997041afb0b19190e6b3d5472648a/Nyc1.jpg" /> <img width="1314" height="1873" width_o="1314" height_o="1873" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e0f4107571f82198bbc326cc9027eb154d746ee6f6be7bfc7b769f151ce4771/210502_Esperanza-Spalding_Portal-Land_Lab_375.jpg" data-mid="142931680" border="0" alt="Portal Land, ORformwela 6" data-caption="Portal Land, OR&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;formwela 6&lt;/span&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e0f4107571f82198bbc326cc9027eb154d746ee6f6be7bfc7b769f151ce4771/210502_Esperanza-Spalding_Portal-Land_Lab_375.jpg" /> <img width="512" height="666" width_o="512" height_o="666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46fb5015df80c4a867998a10403b4262a7edc76ea7664ef9e8902195709193ea/210502_Esperanza-Spalding_Portal-Land_Lab_289-copy.jpg" data-mid="142931674" border="0" alt="Wasco County, ORformwela 2" data-caption="Wasco County, OR&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;formwela 2&lt;/span&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/46fb5015df80c4a867998a10403b4262a7edc76ea7664ef9e8902195709193ea/210502_Esperanza-Spalding_Portal-Land_Lab_289-copy.jpg" /> <img width="808" height="1080" width_o="808" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2dc2d9689072eb99e340ac64037968774a391330d12662265edc0dc88ded7fa/Wasco1.jpg" data-mid="115408141" border="0" alt="Wasco County, ORformwela 1" data-caption="Wasco County, OR&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;formwela 1&lt;/span&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/808/i/f2dc2d9689072eb99e340ac64037968774a391330d12662265edc0dc88ded7fa/Wasco1.jpg" /> <img width="1930" height="1980" width_o="1930" height_o="1980" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e3ed781ad24d30c7ffc79af4a8696be1a0042e1bd6c15c948851ca81d218c98/210814-dth-esperanza-453.JPG" data-mid="142931686" border="0" alt="Formwela 12with Carmen de Lavallade and Dance Theatre of Harlem" data-caption="Formwela 12&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;with Carmen de Lavallade and Dance Theatre of Harlem&lt;/span&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e3ed781ad24d30c7ffc79af4a8696be1a0042e1bd6c15c948851ca81d218c98/210814-dth-esperanza-453.JPG" /> <img width="808" height="1080" width_o="808" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e035b0b8fc56853966451ad93a286ab2d4863284c6fcbd4679eb826d0f6eb361/Portland2.jpg" data-mid="115408138" border="0" alt="Portal Land, ORformwela 5" data-caption="Portal Land, OR&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;formwela 5&lt;/span&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/808/i/e035b0b8fc56853966451ad93a286ab2d4863284c6fcbd4679eb826d0f6eb361/Portland2.jpg" /> <img width="808" height="1080" width_o="808" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89663eaa65100c0ad198fbd497fdc636c4f7532289df2be87981344b6c47cfb0/Nyc3.jpg" data-mid="115408135" border="0" alt="Lower Manhattan, NYCformwela 10" data-caption="Lower Manhattan, NYC&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;formwela 10&lt;/span&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/808/i/89663eaa65100c0ad198fbd497fdc636c4f7532289df2be87981344b6c47cfb0/Nyc3.jpg" /> <img width="602" height="800" width_o="602" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ad3426ed2a9e11c822bcd913489ca51dbac38176d432006373db2d5b114d57e/EsperanzaSunScreenshot2.jpg" data-mid="142931765" border="0" alt="Wasco County, ORformwela 2" data-caption="Wasco County, OR&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;formwela 2&lt;/span&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/602/i/5ad3426ed2a9e11c822bcd913489ca51dbac38176d432006373db2d5b114d57e/EsperanzaSunScreenshot2.jpg" /> <img width="2695" height="3616" width_o="2695" height_o="3616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6773bd3469b30f55ebf408a7c71eb2276a91060b1711aac85890db4a6b8b59a1/Formwela3Cup_courtesy_of_RobLewis.jpg" data-mid="142931692" border="0" alt="Wasco County, 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4b1e726e1da10988434829400f1208d7fc6ddeaec0dd989c10461758196189c/210502_Esperanza-Spalding_Portal-Land_Lab_332.jpg" data-mid="142931678" border="0" alt="Portal Land, ORformwela 5" data-caption="Portal Land, OR&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;formwela 5&lt;/span&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/627/i/f4b1e726e1da10988434829400f1208d7fc6ddeaec0dd989c10461758196189c/210502_Esperanza-Spalding_Portal-Land_Lab_332.jpg" /> <img width="808" height="1080" width_o="808" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66ab08c4f1d3b74852fa5e908e5b39644b7d8d9d856d242a61ab16179db1c0a2/Portland1.jpg" data-mid="115408137" border="0" alt="Portal Land, ORformwela 4" data-caption="Portal Land, OR&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;formwela 4&lt;/span&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/808/i/66ab08c4f1d3b74852fa5e908e5b39644b7d8d9d856d242a61ab16179db1c0a2/Portland1.jpg" /> <img width="808" height="1080" width_o="808" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1818d586ef53e213af0ee4fc32fe580354b94853088028c5d5e639dfa0f0d82/Wasco3.jpg" data-mid="115408143" border="0" alt="Wasco County, ORformwela 3" data-caption="Wasco County, OR&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;formwela 3&lt;/span&gt;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/808/i/c1818d586ef53e213af0ee4fc32fe580354b94853088028c5d5e639dfa0f0d82/Wasco3.jpg" /> <img width="1285" height="1521" width_o="1285" height_o="1521" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/573b16e115c8cab0e88067ebdcdd3f225d04195e19da8bdbeb1f4cdc75efde7e/210814-dth-esperanza-290.JPG" data-mid="142931683" border="0" alt="Formwela 12with Carmen de Lavallade and Dance Theatre of Harlem" data-caption="Formwela 12&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cap_subtitle&quot;&gt;with Carmen de Lavallade and Dance Theatre of Harlem&lt;/span&gt;" 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S.A.L.) seeks to respectfully dip into the healing seas of music/musicianship/song, and distill a few grains of piquancy which carry the life-renewing flavor of the unfathomable ocean of human resiliency, then work those grains into new musical formwelas, to enhance the healing flavors and intentions innate in all works of devoted creatorship. In this ongoing lab, we experiment with sprinkling the many distillations of S.A.L. into our song wrighting, and invite you to taste/hear these enhanced essences and flavors. (S.A.L. is also a lab esperanza co-curates at various institutions of learning) Half songwrighting workshop, and half guided-research practice, the Songwrights’ Apothecary Lab (S.A.L.), seeks to develop a structure for the collaborative development of new compositions designed to offer enhanced salutary benefit to listeners. The course is rooted in a transdisciplinary station, orienting itself towards archives and literature that study healing strategies drawn from a diverse range of music-based creative and therapeutic practices. All Formwelas (songs) from the S.A.L. are created through our research, divination, intuition, musicianship, taste, inspiration, and collaborative effort to design songs that enhance a specific salutary affect.&nbsp; The formwelas offered here are not presented as potential “solutions”.&nbsp; Rather, they are responses to the ongoing question guiding the beings collaborating within the Songwrights Apothecary Lab.those beings being: the 2020’ and 2021’ cohorts of student songwrights, student researchers (including esperanza), and the practitioners comprising our guiding council. Dr. Shorter ancestors, and artisans of the lineages informing and doing the real work within this work. “If one of my friends is ill, I’d like to play a certain song and he will be cured” &nbsp; &nbsp; – John Coltrane “us too.” &nbsp; &nbsp; – esperanza spalding and the S.A.L. https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/About-esperanza Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:58:58 +0000 Songwrights Apothecary Lab https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/About-esperanza esperanza spalding ︎ ︎&nbsp; ︎&nbsp; ︎&nbsp; ︎ “i wish to channel the spaciousness, harmony and renewing power of the fecund land, channel it to the middle of the man-made fires learn how to send it through the center of the ache, constriction, resistance, pain, stress, woe, worry… I want to flow a music of soothing, energizing, and remembrance of life-sustaining systems through which we are each woven… i want to carry a flow of that remembering into the center of the city…and the city of self.” Born in 1984 in Portland, Oregon, esperanza spalding is an eaabibacliitoti* artist, trained and initiated in the North American (masculine) jazz lineage and tradition. Her work interweaves through various combinations of instrumental music, bass playing, improvisation, singing, composition, poetry, dance, therapeutic research, storytelling, teaching, regenerative agriculture, urban land &amp; artist-sanctuary custodianship, and growing in love as a daughter, sister, cousin, niece, auntie, great-auntie, friend, while collaboratively decolonizing within and through her hometown community. She founded and Co-Directs Prismid Sanctuary, a non-profit that creates and stewards free artist residency, performance, and workshop space in Portland, Oregon (Prismid.org). esperanza continues to develop a mockumentary titled “NIGREDO” in collaboration with brontë velez // to research, develop and share liberation grammars in jazz and blac dance // creative consults and collaborates for upcoming productions of the opera “…(Iphigenia)” (music by Wayne Shorter, libretto by spalding) // and through the Songwrights Apothecary Lab collaborates with practitioners in various fields relating to sound, healing, and cognition to develop music with enhanced therapeutic potential. With her dance project “Off Brand gOdds” and her therapeutic music incubator “Songwrights Apothecary Lab” she co-leads performance, teaching, workshop, and therapeutic-arts research residencies in collaboration with colleges and arts venues across the Americas and throughout the world. She is a 2024 recipient of the Doris Duke Foundation Artist Award and a 2016 Ford Foundation “Art of Change” Fellow. *European-African ancestored being influenced by American cultures living in Indigenous Lands of Turtle Island songwrights apothecary lab purchase the album&nbsp; ︎︎︎ #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; } /* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ newsletter sign up https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/Credits Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:56:10 +0000 Songwrights Apothecary Lab https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/Credits thank you thank you. thank you. thank you, to the beings whose expertise, honesty, generosity, open-ness, creativity, diligence, thoroughness, love and musicianship, patience and peership made/make this offering possible: To the 2020’ Songwrights Apothecary Lab inaugural cohort of student songwrights, student researchers, and the practitioners comprising our guiding council -your care, integrity, brilliance and exploratory nature inspire me/us to continually expand our hearts and imaginations // Dr. Wayne Shorter // the inaugural cohort of the Prismid Sanctuary artists-retreat // Mike and Laila // Ganavya, Grant, Nivi, Marisol, Britton, Leo, Mela, Corey, Aaron, Matthew, Eben, Fern, Alex, Oscar, T.L., Mike, Intisar, Abibat // extra special thank you to Héloïse! // special thank you to Adriana! // Anna, Concord team, Shorefire team // LMCC and River to River Festival // Lili and Nanette! // The Clemente // family team&nbsp; // elders, friction-causers, mentors, ancestors, and artisans of all lineages informing and doing the real work within this work. Produced by esperanza spalding&nbsp; Photography by LaMont Hamilton, Holly Andres,&nbsp;Jati Lindsay, Samuel Prather Art Direction &amp; Graphic Design by Lawrence Azerrad, LADdesign Inc. Web Design &amp; Development by Christian Pugsley https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/About-Wasco Wed, 04 Aug 2021 18:11:27 +0000 Songwrights Apothecary Lab https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/About-Wasco WASCO COUNTY, OR songwrights apothecary lab (one) wade ︎︎︎ Formwela 1, Formwela 2 and Formwela 3 were composed and developed while residing in Wasco County, OR. The feel and aesthetic of these songs were inspired and encouraged by esperanza’s nourishing encounters with the land and peoples of this arid and sage-drenched region of her home state. https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/Formwela-1 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 20:30:32 +0000 Songwrights Apothecary Lab https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/Formwela-1 <img width="896" height="504" width_o="896" height_o="504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43680bd4a8b1e4893a00501b1b5ea43508ba3cf02243e3108a48724320c32e7e/Formula--1.jpg" data-mid="119735130" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/896/i/43680bd4a8b1e4893a00501b1b5ea43508ba3cf02243e3108a48724320c32e7e/Formula--1.jpg" /> Formwela 1 atmosphere of temple-like calm flooding through and saturating the centrifuge of self For memorizing, then tuning to internally (via audiation) during acute moments of stress among family, housemates, friends, lovers, colleagues, memories, self-talk, spirits, pets, or other relational dynamics generating incendiary tension. With regular use, the ear’s internal radio system will remember to tune to an atmosphere of temple-like calm, thus reminding the body of its capacity for channeling love’s cooling waters, even in the midst of heated interpersonal climates. +ingredients – Cherukeshi Raga: offered by Ganavya Doraiswamy, this raga is used by South Indian Carnatic musicians, as an aide for someone who is anxious. It is understood to slow the heart, and ease anxiety in the listener. The way it used in this song is a much simplified approach, compared to the ways in which Carnatic singers improvise in perpetually rising, and cascading phrases. – Ear-Worm Melody: Since the intention of this song is for it to be remembered, and heard internally (via audiation), the melody is designed for a person to remember it after hearing the song once. Drawing from Dr. Stephen Horowitz suggestions on compositional elements that contribute to a song being memorable. In this song specifically, the melody is made with short, repetitive phrases, harmonically consonant (it never goes out of the primary scale of the song). – Visualization and Sensation prompts to encourage somatic grounding: using simple lyrics, in short phrases (as per Dr. Horowitz’s suggestion on lyrical methods that contribute to a songs memorability) the words invite the listener to connect with the earth beneath their feet, and envision and notice positive sensations in the body. – Lyrical articulation of the musician’s salutary intention: per Dr. Norris’ guidance about the power of shared intention when working in a therapeutic context with music-therapist and client, and while sharing in a communal music listening session with an explicit healing intention, this intro invites the listener understand and – if they so choose- agree with the song’s healing intention. In this song, the intention is to internally generate and re-connect with a somatic sensation of love, calm and spaciousness. – Sound of earth (acoustic bass) combined with sound of air (voice, and zig-zag melody pattern): Drawing from Hazrat Inayat Khan’s teachings on elemental sounds and their effect on the listener, this song combined the elemental sounds of earth and air. “The sound of earth is dim and dull and produces a thrill, activity and movement in the body. All instruments of wire and gut…represent the sound of earth”; “The sound of air is wavering, it’s form zigzag…It has a tendency to kindle the fire of the heart…” Hazrat Inayat Khan posits that “the sound of earth and air has strength and power”. The song is built with these two elemental sounds, with the intention that they might prompt in the listener -while learning the song via audio recording- a sense of strength and activity in the body, and a kindling of the heart center. -These are also the images and sensations the lyrics attempt to prompt. +credits Formwela 1 Producer, Arranger: esperanza spalding Producer: PHOELIX Producer: Raphael Saadiq Engineers: Martín Actis, Eben Hoffer, Hotae Alexander Jang, Bryan Matheson Mix Engineer: Fernando Lodeiro Mastering: Oscar Zambrano esperanza spalding: Upright Bass, Piano, Vocals PHOELIX: Rhodes, Vocals Thrive Choir: Vocals jQuery('.accordion-content').css( "display", "none" ); jQuery(".plus").off('click').click(function() { jQuery(this).toggleClass("active"); jQuery(this).next().slideToggle(); }); jQuery("[data-slug*='shop'] .plus").addClass("active"); jQuery("[data-slug*='shop'] .accordion-content").css( "display", "block" ); https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/Formwela-2 Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:00:34 +0000 Songwrights Apothecary Lab https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/Formwela-2 <img width="896" height="504" width_o="896" height_o="504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b86523d2f7e8235f044dced846bae50699eb1c764af960739984cc5ec8a9fb7a/Formula--2.jpg" data-mid="119735136" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/896/i/b86523d2f7e8235f044dced846bae50699eb1c764af960739984cc5ec8a9fb7a/Formula--2.jpg" /> Formwela 2 gentle vibrational embrace as airs in the room soak-in the latent undercurrent able to envelop and dilate the clench of interpersonal, woe, grief, and/or aggression. To be discreetly incorporated into a home-scene where interpersonal dynamics are veering toward an all out burn-down. Primarily to be used as back/ ground music, re-reminding you that, despite the present clench or woe or ache or loss or fight or grief, your back is in fact got (back) and the good ground is ever-available (ground). Widens the aperture of receptivity to that omni-present field of restorative light permeating all things at all times in all places. Featuring Ganavya Doraiswamy. +ingredients – Repetitive, predictable harmonic pattern and form, no sudden shifts: these compositional/arrangement design is based on criteria cited in various studies as contributing to a sense of calmness. Bolette Daniels Beck (et.al) describes these compositional qualities as matching “the sensitivity of the nervous system locked in a freeze response (i.e. low degree of variation and stimulation) and to provide a sense of home or center (i.e., soloist performing a melody accompanied by orchestra or synthesizer). – Repetitive descending unison melody, sung in unison: while the melody rises at times in consonant arcs, the majority of the melody is moving down. With the intention of creating a sonic palette for the listener to project into, this compositional ingredient is intended to reflect a sense of coming together, and winding down. – Soloist accompanied by ensemble and choir: The soloist’s vocal melodies present as a morphing, moving, ever-adjusting individual in relationship to a low-intensity constant (the accompaniment). With this compositional choice, we hope to create a representation of human-variability ebbing and flowing in harmonious relationship with their environment. – Middle/Low range of female voice, energetic peaks and lulls in solo arc: Vocalist Ganavya Doraiswamy predominantly sings in the middle and low range of her voice (Polyvagal theory suggests -as I understand it anyway- that this range of human vocalization is believed to cue the social-engagement system to hone-in on conspecific vocalizations. This state is associated with stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system). The arcs and lulls of intensity throughout the solo mirror the variations of the breathing patterns and HRV associated with social interactions in a physiologically safe-state. +credits Formwela 2 (ft. Ganavya) Producer, Arranger: esperanza spaldingProducer: PHOELIXProducer: Raphael SaadiqEngineer, Field Recordings, Sound Design: Eben HofferEngineer: Hotae Alexander Jang, Bryan MathesonMix Engineer: Fernando LodeiroMastering: Oscar Zambrano esperanza spalding: Piano, VocalsGanavya Doraiswamy: VocalsThrive Choir: VocalsJames Greeley: Bone WhistleLaMont Hamilton: BellsChris Sholar: Electric GuitarSteve Turre: Conch-ShellsJustin Tyson: Drums, Percussions jQuery('.accordion-content').css( "display", "none" ); jQuery(".plus").off('click').click(function() { jQuery(this).toggleClass("active"); jQuery(this).next().slideToggle(); }); jQuery("[data-slug*='shop'] .plus").addClass("active"); jQuery("[data-slug*='shop'] .accordion-content").css( "display", "block" ); https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/Formwela-3 Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:03:40 +0000 Songwrights Apothecary Lab https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/Formwela-3 <img width="896" height="504" width_o="896" height_o="504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/148c85b419f946bca1a38975b03227b5540720fdfdfa0d55862f028d5753af32/Formula--3.jpg" data-mid="119735142" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/896/i/148c85b419f946bca1a38975b03227b5540720fdfdfa0d55862f028d5753af32/Formula--3.jpg" /> Formwela 3 a re-membering with the sun’s vast and perpetual blessing as evidenced by one’s own aliveness and capacity for creating within self and community an un-corruptible home-planet For releasing the heaviness of a seemingly endless blue state. As the weight of holding it all together rains itself free, the blues becomes beautiful in its depth and immensity -becomes a personal sky, receiving and evidencing the sun’s promise of daily renewal and abundance. The senses of spacial awareness become ensuppled to an atmosphere of vastness, steadily breathing and surrounding and available to all things at all times in all places. +ingredients – esperanza’s musical response to the question: what would help me feel better after some intense shit had just taken place with my family all stuck at home? This one got wrought by following each musical “next” while responding to that question as a compositional prompt. +credits Formwela 3 Producer, Arranger: esperanza spaldingProducer: PHOELIXProducer: Raphael SaadiqEngineers: Martín Actis, Eben Hoffer, Hotae Alexander JangMix Engineer: Fernando LodeiroMastering: Oscar Zambrano esperanza spalding: Upright Bass, Piano, Vocals, SynthesizerLeo Genovese: PianoPHOELIX: Piano, Synthesizer, Hammond B3, Rhodes, Xylophone, VocalsWayne Shorter: SaxophoneJustin Tyson: Drums, Vocals, Percussions jQuery('.accordion-content').css( "display", "none" ); jQuery(".plus").off('click').click(function() { jQuery(this).toggleClass("active"); jQuery(this).next().slideToggle(); }); jQuery("[data-slug*='shop'] .plus").addClass("active"); jQuery("[data-slug*='shop'] .accordion-content").css( "display", "block" );