changes

this blog page is going through changes (sing it David!)
it will remain space for gathering movement/art ideas and inspiration, but my posts might just be a little more sporadic and chaotic as I will be dedicating my blogging powers to my Move Me project. if you've yet to check it out, come on over!

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

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

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
 

Love this!

"There is this one exercise I do in my movement class where you allow your body to move and then you interrupt it and move in a different way, either in the opposite way, or incorporate a body part that's not being activated. It is so simple, but it is really challenging to keep responding differently, to break patterns and not create habitual behaviors. I thought about this this morning when I was thinking about the energy right now. It is really powerful to have the truth come up - identify it - have our wounds and our shadows triggered and then CHOOSE to respond differently; to fight the urges that come from a place of habit, or wanting to be comfortable. What would happen if you responded in the opposite way? It is uncomfortable at first, but ultimately it is incredibly empowering!"

 -- Lauren Spencer King

Sunday Tune

Sam Cooke. Voice of an angel.
This song gives me goose pimples every time I listen!

“The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”

― Adrienne Rich

Connect.

Truth.

Our ignorance is their power so take every opportunity to make the connection with those around you, listen and learn.
Connections create community. Community helps understanding.
Understanding fuels empathy.
Empathy facilitates change.

Image by Dominique Falla

(found here)

Compassion

Some things I care about that are all about CHANGE!
Click the links. Get involved. BE the change you want to see in the world.

The living wage.

Occupy. We are the 99%

Credit Unions are financial co-operatives wholly owned and democratically controlled by their members. .Join your local credit union.
My mum helps run this one. Go Mum!

  AnyBody. A website giving women a voice to challenge the limited physical representation of females in contemporary society.
Important stuff!

Amnesty International. LOTS of opportunity to get involved in protecting each other here.
Take action.

“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” 

-- Howard Zinn

“If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day.” 

― Leonard Cohen.

  Image by me.

20 instructions for Life by The Dalai Lama

Love these...

1.Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

3. Follow the three R’s:

-  Respect for self,

-  Respect for others and

-  Responsibility for all your actions.

4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.

7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

8. Spend some time alone every day.

9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and

think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.

17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

19. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.

20. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

-- Dalai Lama

(Source: mindbodygreen and iswasandwillbe )

Print by Kiki Smith

Everything is everything
What is meant to be, will be
After winter, must come spring
Change, it comes eventually

-- Lauryn Hill, Everything is Everything

"The path isn’t a straight line; it’s a spiral. You continually come back to things you thought you understood and see deeper truths."

-- Barry H. Gillespie

transience

I love flowers.
I buy myself a bunch every week.  EXTRAVAGANCE!

(all from my 'likes' page on my pinterest)