saturday poem

When they leave,
Do you think they hesitate,
Turn and make a farewell sign,

Some gesture of regret?

When they leave,
the music is loudest,
the sun high,

and you, dizzy with wine
befuddled with well-being,
sink into your body
as though it were real,
as if yours to keep.

You neither see their going,
nor hear their silence

-- Cy Twombly's 'interpretation' of Patricia Waters poem 'Now is the Drinking'

works by Cy Twombly 'Coronation of Sesostris 2000'
various panels
Acrylic, crayon, and pencil on canvas

hard skin

“The optimal way for getting super-regenerating skin would be to allow our foot to interact with natural surfaces outside of the shoe over a lifetime, prompting a slow adaptation in foot skin thickness over that lifetime, giving us a much better ability to cope with the sensations caused by walking barefoot.”

– Katy Bowman, Every Woman’s Guide to Foot Pain Relief.

Want to know more about building a good skin foundation for upper body strength and barefoot living the READ THIS from Katy Bowman.

Christopher McDougall

Christopher McDougall explores the mysteries of the human desire to run. How did running help early humans survive — and what urges from our ancient ancestors spur us on today? McDougall tells the story of the marathoner with a heart of gold, the unlikely ultra-runner, and the hidden tribe in Mexico that runs to live.

Intent

"Movements are not programs. They are intent, followed by constant adaptation to variables. The more control a person has over their individual articulations, the more degrees of freedom = better adaptability."

--Dr Andreo Spina

taking imagination seriously

this is beautiful!

Janet Echelman

"Janet Echelman creates experiential sculpture at the scale of buildings that transform with wind and light. The art shifts from being an object you look at, to a living environment you can get lost in. Using unlikely materials from fishnet to atomized water particles, Echelman combines ancient craft with cutting-edge technology to create artworks that have become focal points for urban life on four continents."

Lucy's Daughters

Daniel Kish

"You adapt to your conditions and your conditions include your characteristics as well as the characteristics around you...As a human who is blind I have adapted to my blindness by finding a different way to see in a world that isn't really conducive to not seeing."

-- Daniel Kish

i think...

a little paradigm shifting illustration from Charles Darwin's note book.

Adaptation

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. 

--  Charles Darwin