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Monthly Archives: April 2015
sing your song
why shy away from what your never before nor again soul can say to us? sing it: bring forth your singular and shining melody with mounting confidence, join your lilt, your resonance in the world’s stunning still ravenous symphony sing! sing your song “The … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, poetry, Soulful
Tagged being human, Creativity, encouragement, follow your heart, heart, Inspiration, lilt, Martha Graham, melody, Music, poetry, quotes, resonance, sing, sing your song, singular, song, uniqueness
4 Comments
Intuition: Choreographing Life from the Inside Out
A transcendent moment of understanding! That’s what I had today as I choreographed: a rare moment that breathed fresh and insightful air into my process for my dance solo. I realize I can trace this thread back to a related … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Mindful, Soulful
Tagged artistic process, being human, body, body wisdom, Choreography, Creative Process, Dance, hunches, Inspiration, intuition, intuitive, kinesthetic, Martha Beck, Martha Graham, movement, physical, quotes, senses, sensing, sensory, vitality, wisdom
13 Comments
let’s shine our sunbeams
searching for a birthday card, my dulled eye is caught my breath knocked out by this jewel aglitter amidst the clutter transfixing me in a flood of loveliness of wisdom urging generousness: may my heart heed its glowing gift … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Kindness/Generosity, Mindful, poetry, Soulful
Tagged Beauty, Generosity, glitter, good thoughts, Inspiration, light, loveliness, poetry, positivity, quotes, Roald Dahl, shine, sunbeams
14 Comments
Does An Artist Live In Your House?
That’s what a new neighbor asked me at a recent gathering. When I introduced myself, I explained which house I live in: the lavender one on the righthand side. “Oh, the one with a ‘dream’ sign in the front … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Soulful
Tagged artist, artist's role, Creativity, dream, imagination, Inspiration, life as art, loveliness, possibility and expansiveness, quotes, quotidian, soulful, unconventional, whimsical
8 Comments
A Plateful of Grateful
“Fill yourself with gratitude for everyone who helped to put the food on your plate.” That was the cue for a guided meditation I followed awhile back. If you think about everyone involved in this effort, whether it be simply … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Kindness/Generosity, Mindful, Soulful
Tagged Connection, courage, dream, Food, Generosity, grateful, gratitude, heart, human spirit, indomitable, Inspiration, Louie Zamperini, meditation, triumph, unbroken
18 Comments
miss perfect no more
we never looked behind the mask, never questioned never asked about the innards of the perfect life, we never tried to see what she was really feeling, always dealing with the keenly edited eagerly feted illusion and now, now this … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, Soulful
Tagged conventional, little miss perfect, mask, mental illness, poetry, self, social pressure, women's roles
13 Comments
Be Mighty
I am dancing in my kitchen–preparing to teach class. Feeling again inexpressibly grateful for another chance to share my passion for dancing, and for the physical and mental ability to move and express the joy of movement and music. So, what … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Kindness/Generosity, Soulful
Tagged affirmation, be mighty, Dance, dance class, expansive, Generosity, grateful, mighty, movement, passion, positivity, possibility and expansiveness, practice, prodigious, quotes, robust, showing up, striving, tenacity
7 Comments
Burnishing Gold: The Space Between Us
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.”~Herman Melville Ah, yes. That ineffable … Continue reading
song for a soul’s new dawn
“I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.”`Vincent van Gogh The priceless gift of a brand spanking new day. The uncertainty of so much…for me, for my loved ones, for the world…so many things … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Kindness/Generosity, poetry, Soulful
Tagged come alive, Dance, Generosity, heart, Inspiration, Joy, make the world better, new day, passion, perseverance, poetry, positivity, quotes, self, song, striving, vitality
15 Comments
always running with the wind
she is running with the wind she is running for the high, for the joy, for her life she is running the show she is running with the boys and the wolves and the bulls she is running for the … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, poetry, Soulful
Tagged free, idioms, Inspiration, Joy, movement, poetry, running, running idioms, running with the wind, wild, woman, women's roles
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