What about Joy?
Joy is quite a topic…Is it an emotion, a main goal of a happy life? Is it the opposite of despair? Do you (does one) yearn for it, go after it – give up on it, even care at all? At my dance class yesterday, Joy was our focus. Not the kind of perky, turn your lips up and...
Thanksgiving Revisited
In the midst of concurrent events, some full of renewal and hope (Canada’s recent federal election, the upcoming Climate Conference…), and others of devastation and chaos (ISIS [better known as Daesh] attacks, the plight of refugees, the Republicans in the States…), my family and friends in the US are about to celebrate Thanksgiving… Thanksgiving is about Gratitude,...
Passion!
Where do you feel passion — in your soul and spirit? In your body and mind? On my roller blade this morning I was really alive. I felt and took in the clear air; the exhilaration of the flow and movement; the pleasure of seeing water birds and the glint of sun on the waves… As I rolled along, I mused about...
Graceland!
Remember Paul Simon’s song and album Graceland? When the album came out in the late 80ies I spent hours and hours dancing to the music, being charmed by the weird and wonderful lyrics, transported and gripped by the rhythms, the blend of white and black, the pulse, the magic. Then last night I had the...
Dance! There’s No Tomorrow!
Today is May Day, half way between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice, also called Beltane. What better way to celebrate this ebullient and delicious turning than to Dance! I started to write Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow! but then I thought better, and left out the ‘Like’, because there IS no tomorrow, there’s only today! A...
