Rose by rachaelmsmith published on 2022-04-30T12:15:13Z “Rose” is the last scene of a larger operatic work called a grain of sand. In this opera, a woman wakes up on a deserted beach having lost her memory. After regaining consciousness, various objects arrive on the beach that relate to her in some way. As she inspects the objects, the woman attempts to make observations of who she may have been and what may have happened to her. In this scene the woman has made several failed attempts at forming a conclusion about her identity and realizes through the inspiration of the beach around her that she is not a single thing but rather an amalgamation of thousands of moments and memories that are constantly changing; just as the sand changes with the tide along the shore.