Springing

In a skiff on a sunrisen lake we are watchers.

Swimming aimlessly is luxury just as walking
loudly up a shallow stream is.

As we lean over the deep well, we whisper.

Friends at hearths are drawn to the one warm air;
strangers meet on beaches drawn to the one wet sea.

What wd it be to be water, one body of water
(what water is is another mystery) (We are
water divided.) It wd be a self without walls,
with surface tension, specific gravity a local
exchange between bedrock and cloud of falling and rising,
rising to fall, falling to rise.

Ponsot was one of my remarkable teachers. More alive at 80 then I was at 26.

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my pick - 5 things to buy an aspiring dancer - Jessica Pope Pinelli

about 12 years ago

The discipline and training involved in the art of dance is sometimes staggering. It is more than just a rehearsal routine, it is a lifestyle.

We've asked our dear friend and dancer, Jessica Pope Pinelli, to pick 5 things everyone aspiring to the dancer lifestyle could use.

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my pick - 5 things to buy a shoestring traveller - Devereau Chumrau

about 12 years ago

Even though some of my picks may appear to be "un-shoestring like," the main concern here is that you "shoestring" the trip and not the preparation for the trip. Anyone who has tried to skimp in the beginning will probably end up paying much more later on... Remember YOU are all you have out there.

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