Saturday Poem

Shel Silverstein

Friday Cartoon

This again!

Katie Paterson

‘Fossil Necklace is a string of worlds, with each bead modestly representing a major event in the evolution of life through a vast expanse of geological time. From the mono-cellular origins of life on earth to the shifting of the continents, the extinction of the Cretaceous period triggered by a falling meteorite, to the first flowering of flowers, it charts the development of our species and affirms our intimate connection to the evolution of those alongside us. Each fossil has been individually selected from all corners of the globe, and then carved into spherical beads in a secondary process of excavation.’

Guy Haywood, Kettle’s Yard.

(See more of Katie's work here)

how long is your neck?

...If the rotational movement of the head stops at your neck and doesn’t really reach the chest, then the movement in the neck will probably feel a little stiff, limited and awkward. But if the movement naturally flows down the spine to the pelvis, the movement will probably feel integrated, smooth and easy. In other words, you will be taking full advantage of the fact that you actually have a very long and powerful neck, just like my daughter...

Todd Hargrove (at bettermovement.org) observing his baby daughter. Click HERE to read in full, it includes a nice (free) movement audio that helps you explore spinal integration at the end.

Frida

Assorted Self Portraits by Frida Kahlo (with things around her neck)

I wear a necklace, cause I wanna know when I'm upside down.

Mitch Hedberg

yoga tune up

Lucie Rie

Lucie Rie's simple shapes and beautiful necks.

your pillow is an orthotic

We tend to think of human movement only in terms of exercising, but every movement or position you get yourself into is fed into your body’s “adapt to this” file. Your tissues respond to environment whether the environment is “sleeping on this mattress” or “running 17 miles.” The process is exactly the same. The reason NOT sleeping on your pillow or mattress hurts is the same reason running 4 miles beyond your regular running distance hurts. You’re just exceeding the boundaries of your tissue strength and created a load greater than what you body is used to...

Katy Bowman on sleeping without a pillow.
Click here to read on.

Fétiche Blason
Vertigo Neck, Lacanian Knot (2012)

Found here

Neck

1. the part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body.

2. a narrow part of something, resembling a neck in shape or position.