Category Archives: moving, breathing, feeling

Nov11

11.11.11

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Today my friends Karen and Allie are getting married at 11.  It got me to thinking about timing.  Actually, for the past few days, I have heard myself say to friends, “It’s all about timing.”  The way things come together vibrationally – a sudden elegant or disastrous confluence.

Timing has to do with feeling when to move and when to wait.  I notice that sometimes waiting becomes stalling – tinged with fear and trepidation.

What does it mean to be ready, really? What is the role of decision and intuition?

Sometimes when I think of seizing the moment, figuring out which moment becomes a distraction – a way not to move but to stay put  creatively.  My whole life, though, has been defined by leaps of faith (more about this in The Journal).

I can get caught up in waiting when I am about to put something new out in public space.  I have been ripening FRESH! for awhile now.  I want to make sure that it is ready – that I am saying what I really want to say.

Watch for it.

When are you ready?  And what are you waiting for?

 

 

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Nov10

higher ground

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I heard this in the car yesterday. There are certain pieces of music that are irresistible – I have to move. This is one of them (along with almost anything done by Playing for Change).

Besides enjoying the lucious layers of sound, as you watch, I have two things you could try:

  1. stand up and move!  Be bold, play, taste it in your body
  2. look at all of the delicious physical detail – the intricacy of all those hands and spines.  Taste THAT in your body.

Tell me about it.  Are you finding your higher ground?

 

ps.  For those of you who would like more:

The Journal is the deep end of the pool, the workshop, backstage, behind the scenes. It is where I share what is most tender, close to my heart, and close to the bone.  It is embodied writing, and it is intended to get under your skin – to be a physical experience.

The Journal is where I offer questions about practice, the body, and living an improvisational life.  It is fed by my ongoing experience as a movement artist,  body worker, yogi and horse dancer. 

The Journal is $20/month and arrives in your inbox every Sunday.  You can unsubscribe at any time.

To receive The Journal SUBSCRIBE HERE.

Welcome.

 

 

Nov9

flight

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Photo:  Pam White from the videodance film TILT by Paula Josa-Jones and Ellen Sebring

Each day feels a bit like this.  I walk out to the (metaphoric) sea wall and play with balance and inspiration.   I feel how the creative currents are running, and follow them.

Meredith Monk has suggested that we pay attention to our distractions,because those flickers of mind and consciousness are guiding lights.

In my experience, the guidance that arises from the body is the most potent, slippery and subtle. And the easiest to ignore.

If you close your eyes for a moment, What do you feel bubbling up from the body?

Watch here for a new offering.  Fresh!  recipes for savoring the body. Coming soon!!!

 

 

Nov8

The Journal (and the deep end)

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The Journal (and the deep end) is the place where I am exploring things in more depth.  I have noticed in writing the daily post for the blog that there are things that I would like to dive into, push farther, but they need more space and time.

The Journal is the deep end of the pool, the workshop, backstage, behind the scenes. It is where I share what is most tender, close to my heart, and close to the bone.  It is embodied writing, and it is intended to get under your skin – to be a physical experience.

The Journal is where I offer questions about practice, the body, and living an improvisational life.  It is fed by my ongoing experience as a movement artist,  body worker, yogi and horse dancer. 

The Journal is $20/month and arrives in your inbox every Sunday.  You can unsubscribe at any time.

To receive The Journal SUBSCRIBE HERE.

Welcome.