“ Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein When does one thing remind you of something else? What can you learn by noticing analogies or metaphors? Why is movement so integral to mindfulness? Within every action you’ll find nuggets of knowledge to elevate [...]
“ The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” ~ Henry Miller Why do you do the things you do the way you do? Where did you learn your methods? How does it feel when you do something [...]
“ If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre How do you make the most of time by yourself? What’s your relationship with solitude? Where do you find easy access to your creativity? You’ve probably known someone who couldn’t stand being alone. Or perhaps you’ve encountered a real [...]
“ The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” ~ Coretta Scott King Is dance something you can consume? Can you sell it as a service? Where does community crossover with commerce anyway? Once upon a time in the USA, you were a citizen. Then, suddenly [...]
“ Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.” ~ Salvador Dali Why is before so different than after? Is life just an endless series of finish lines? How does the feeling of "going to do something" differ from the feeling of "having done something"? Zoom out and look at the [...]
“ I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart What does your creative process look like? Do you ever notice yourself doing something that would be fascinating to an onlooker? Why are some of the most mundane things so interesting to [...]
“ Remind me to be nice to myself. ” ~ Jah Wobble What’s the difference between normal and novel? How does your normal differ from someone else’s? What does it mean for something to become normalized? Travel back in time to when you were a little kid, nine or ten years old at [...]
“ Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.” ~ Mick Jagger Why is it important to make progress? What does it mean to be satisfied? When does satisfaction turn into contentment? Maybe he couldn’t get any way back in 1965, but Mick’s results since then tell a different story. Twenty five studio albums stretch [...]
“ You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” ~ Mark Twain How do you find focus? What’s your secret to keeping your eye on the ball? Is there more to it than just paying attention? It’s no secret that there are a lot of distractions in the world. [...]
“ Tolerance is nothing more than patience with boundaries ” ~ Shannon Alder Do you consider yourself tolerant? Are there certain things that cross the line? Is there ever a time that intolerance is appropriate? Living, as you do, in the material world, you’re bound to encounter all sorts of stuff, every minute [...]
