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What’s Still Possible? Life Lessons from Dancing
What’s still possible? Hovering on the threshold of the dance studio, I remember to ask myself this question. I’m losing my nerve to take the challenging class in a genre which is not my strength. Pre-COVID, routinely taking difficult classes … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, poetry, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged Creativity, Dance, dance class, expansiveness, improvisation, Inspiration, Joy, movement, passion, poetry, possibility, practice, quotes, resilience, transcendence, vibrancy
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The Sorceress of Reinvention
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? “Fearlessness is the mother of reinvention.”~Arianna Huffington Constantly decomposing and recomposing, the marsh is a boundless re-inventor. Like some wild and magical artist, she splashes vivid colors and pungent scents on the canvas, drenching…
Posted in Dance, Inspiration, Nature, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged courage, Creativity, Dance, fearlessness, Inspiration, magic, marsh, nature, newness, possibility, quotes, reinvention, sorceress, uncertainty, unfamiliar, vitality
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Bliss Is Our Compass
Taking stock of a summer of creative projects so that I can determine how to move forward, I flounder. Falter. Which step to take, in what direction? It feels discouraging to scour the landscape for a path and find none. … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged artist, bliss, compass, courage, Creative Process, Creativity, Dance, expansiveness, follow your bliss, Inspiration, Joseph Campbell, luminous, meaningful, moonglow, path, quotes, sculpture, struggle, tenacity
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Yes! We ARE Artists
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged aliveness, artist, commitment, Creativity, Dance, dancer, expansiveness, Inspiration, life of the artist, Martha Graham, movement, passion, pop up performance, positivity, quotes, transcendence, vitality
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Musings from the Marshlands: When One Way Doesn’t Work….
…another will. The enormous great blue heron feeding close by on the marsh has been reminding me of that important heron wisdom. One of the things heron teaches is that when one way doesn’t work, another will. The heron draws … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, Nature, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged Adaptability, animal wisdom, artist, Creative Process, Creativity, Dance, failure, heron, Inspiration, keep going, marsh, meaningful, opportunity, possibility, pounce, quotes, resourcefulness, spirit animal, tenacity
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Making Art Is A Political Act–Reprise
Choreographer and master dance teacher, Dan Wagoner, used to us to remind us often of this truth, which I wrote about here. His wise words have echoed endlessly for me… perhaps no more so than these days. So, I was … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged art heals, art is political, artist, change the world, community, Creativity, empowering, galvanizing, healing, Inspiration, life force, make a difference, meaningful, Pharrell Williams, political, positivity, possibility, quotes, vibrancy, vitality
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Finding Your Voice
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice.”~T.S. Eliot I have been kicking around this idea for awhile. Of losing and finding our voices. Especially about having lost my writing voice, my … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged blogging, Creativity, Dance, expansiveness, experimenting, finding your voice, fireworks, Inspiration, let's go, New Year, possibility, practice, process, quotes, trust the process, vitality, voice, writing
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Thinking In Magic
On a whim, I stopped in briefly at a favorite shop while we were on vacation. This change purse* immediately caught my eye. And stopped me in my tracks. What would that mean? To think more often, even regularly, in … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged Creativity, enchantment, expansiveness, Inspiration, Love, magic, miracle, mystery, positivity, possibility, practice, quotes, shimmer, vibrancy, wonder
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dream dancing on the marsh
venturing forth a duet of movement and imagery welcoming the marsh’s artistry staggered both by sorcery and mystery now a merry band of three the musk and we once twilit scatter into dusk woven into sunset: a dream This piece was … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, Nature, poetry, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged collaboration, Creativity, Dance, dance photography, dream, dusk, Inspiration, marsh, movement, nature, photography, poetry, possibility, sorcery, sunset, twilight
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What Nurtures and Nourishes You?
“We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.”~Paulo Coelho For the past several days, an enormous, alabaster egret has flown nonstop across the marsh and swooped down twenty feet … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking/Food, Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, Nature, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged animal wisdom, artist, Creativity, Dance, dreams, egret, expansiveness, feeding, Food, Inspiration, marsh, movement, nature, nourish, nurture, quotes, robustness, soulful, spirit animal, sustenance, vitality
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