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“The basic human need to be watched was once satisfied by god. Now the same functionality can be replicated by data-mining algorithms.”
—Morpheus, Deus Ex
“Show your work!” Do math teachers still say that?
This is just a little bit of the messy business of creating something new and a few of the steps involved in my process of getting a dance from ear to “here.”
There is a “study” by a big tech’s advertising department that claims the human attention span has dropped below that of a goldfish — to mere seconds!
How dare they infer that our attention span is a problem because we don’t salivate around their hook.
Have you ever liked a song so much that you listen to it a gazillion times and you think you have the song all figured out, then years pass and you grow out of that song and move on to other songs until one day you hear the same old song again, but suddenly something in that old, tricky song has shifted and a whole new world of meaning opens?
Of course, it’s the listener that’s changed, not the song, right? Hmmmm…or is it?
No man ever steps into the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
–Heraclitus
Or perhaps it’s the zeitgeist that changed. On a grand scale, I think this happened in the collective consciousness with the song, “Baby It’s Cold Outside” on the wake of the “Me Too Movement.” What seems like the innocent flirtation of one era turns into nefarious intent in another era.
Recently I experienced a song’s shift (in a good way) when I heard Madonna’s “Vogue.” ‘What just happened here? ‘ I wondered to myself after hearing the song with these 2020 ears. There was a lot more depth there than I remembered there being in 1990 when I first heard it. (Can y’all believe that song is 30 years old now?!) I had to go look up the lyrics and then the etymology of the word “vogue” to discover that in addition to the “fashion forward” meaning of the word, it’s also a boating term indicating the “drift, swaying motion (of a boat).” It’s from Old French voguer, meaning “to row, sway, set sail.” [according to vogue | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)]
So this week in my classes we are going on a sailing adventure.
All you need is your own imagination
So use it that’s what it’s for
Go inside for your finest inspiration
Your dreams will open the door
-Shep Pettibone & Madonna/Vogue
Roots! Bloody Roots!
Roots! Bloody Roots!
Roots! Bloody
Roots! Roots!
Bloody
Roots
!
~Max Cavalera, Sepultura
Today I’m sharing another page from my yoga planning journal. This is one page from a series that revolves around the chakras. This page’s concepts were field tested and taught last fall. We spent several classes exploring the qualities of stability, solidity, focus, and form in the body. I am gearing up to revisit the topic in upcoming classes. The concepts came from a workshop with Shala Worseley and from Anodea Judith’s Wheels of Life and from musicians referenced in the playlist below.
Muladhara is not an easy theme for me to teach as I’m prone to zipping and buzzing about in flights of fancy. Fortunately, I have a good friend in Yip, who is willing to sit with me and help me settle down.
Muladhara Playlist
The Mystery ¤ Michael Mandrell & Benjy Wertheimer
Beethoven Symphony No. 7-11 ¤ Beethoven ¤ Speaking Unto Nations ¤ Terry Davies
Earth and Sky ¤ Terry Oldfield
Shadow ¤ Tim Rayborn
Te Amo ¤ Armand Amar
Terra Di Siena ¤ Music for Deep Relaxation
Terra incognita ¤ Armand Amar
Patience ¤ Buddha Spirit
Travail ¤ John G. Elliot
The Suit ¤ Rachel Portman ¤ Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Passacaglia ¤ Secret Garden
Priya (Beloved) ¤ Michael Mandrell & Benjy Wertheimer
Like a Mountain ¤ Peter Mayer
Gravity ¤ John Mayer
Lullaby ¤ Tina Malia
Inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly, and all the time, though we must regularly and everyday give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.
–Brenda Ueland
A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing.
-African Proverb
This is a work in progress…I’ll explain later.
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