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Monthly Archives: April 2016
Changing It Up: Dancing Conversations About Art
I’m trying something new. New to me, anyway. A talented, adventuresome dance colleague, Bo Parish, and I will soon be performing at a lovely art gallery, dancing vignettes inspired by the current exhibition. The vignettes will be loosely structured improvisations. … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, Mindful, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged Art, being present, Change, Connection, control, conversation, creating in the moment, Creativity, Dance, improvisation, Inspiration, kinetic, letting go, loosening, movement, newness, Performance, possibility, practice
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RELENTLESS: Life Lessons from Dancing
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Photo credit: Essennelle Studios “There are 2 rules in life: Number 1-Never quit; Number 2-Never forget rule Number 1.”~ Duke Ellington I am standing in the wings, waiting for my entrance. Exhilarated, nauseated, eager, terrified,…
the echoing tapestry of nature’s imagination
we are breathing in birdsong tasting of tangerine joy, as the sea seeps lusty inexorableness into the marsh’s chocolate gurgling and soundless bursting newness ~or new oldness~ across the pungent echo of afternoon; oxymoron? paradox? synesthesia? maybe this is what … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Nature, poetry, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged birdsong, boundless, connectedness, echoes, expansiveness, imagination, inexorable, Inspiration, interconnection, Joy, marsh, nature, oxymoron, paradox, poetry, sea, senses, sensuous, sounds, synesthesia, tapestry, tastes, weaving
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Enthusiastic Failure: or success by another name
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I did not dance well today. Tight, sore, exhausted and off kilter, I seemed to careen from one misfire to the next. I just could not get into my groove…or any groove, for that matter.…
Posted in Dance, Inspiration, Mindful, Nature, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged Dance, discouragement, egret, enthusiasm, expansiveness, failure, gusto joy, humanity, imperfection, marsh, mess, passion, perseverance, positivity, possibility, quotes, stumling, success, tenacity, zest
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Daring To Dare
“I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.”~Maya Angelou The day started with the soaring words above sent from the always inspiring Angie . Then the newspaper arrived with a feature about Devon … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Inspiration, Mindful, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged Artists, courage, Dance, daring, everyday heroes, expansiveness, failure, fear, heroes, Inspiration, intrepid, meaningful, Ocean, passion, Performance, performance anxiety, possibility, quotes, risk taking, vulnerability
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