“Being alive is not a miracle , feeling alive is.” ~ Amit Abraham When do you feel the most 'alive'? What causes those moments when your life force reaches a higher plane? Can you imagine what life must be like for people who never experience truly sublime moments of existence? Think about it. [...]
“To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli How's your local dance going? Are you getting back together in person? Are classes and workshops in your area getting back to normal? Then again, what exactly is "normal"? Will things ever be quite [...]
“On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the time in which all meaningful questions arise.” ~ Paul Ricoeur It’s a big day in the cosmos! Our Mama Earth has teetered just as far as she can possibly go giving us the [...]
“Summertime,and the livin' is easy...Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.” ~ George Gershwin Here's to hoping your living is easy this summer. When you walk outside and the air feels like a flannel shirt turned inside out and the light has a glint to it like water on a frogs back, [...]
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever” ~ Mahatma Gandhi (further adventures of a musical youth...) During my fifth grade year, my parents made a decision that would forever mark my life. They were somewhat disillusioned with life in Clifton, Colorado, and were contemplating [...]
“A body is living art. Your movement through time and space is art. A painter has brushes. You have your body.” ~ Anna Halprin What are you doing with your life? Who are you being? Why are those two questions so important, (and so different?) This week we mourn the passing of Anna Halprin, [...]
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth” ~ Muhammad Ali I've got a slightly different Monday Love for you today, sort of a cross between an invitation and a request. As you probably know, the Dance First Association was formed to serve the needs of the international [...]
“The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we CAN imagine...” ~ J.B.S. Haldane What's your relationship with mystery? How do you approach the great unanswerable questions of the universe? Do you ever get confused between empirical evidence and unsubstantiated beliefs? Wouldn't it be great to be absolutely certain [...]
“ Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions.” ~ Alexander Calder Have you ever heard of The Boho Dance? No, it's not the latest conscious movement modality, far from it. We're talking art, specifically the world of Modern Art in its 20th Century post-WW-I manifestation. If you're like [...]
“Growing up, I have discovered over time, is rather like housework: never finished.” ~ Lois McMaster Bujold (Please enjoy these further recollections about growing up under the influence of vinyl) "In which a curious youngster discovers that music may have consciousness-raising effects." 5th grade saw me uprooted from the cattle ranch and Scenic Elementary, [...]
