Category: creativity
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I stumbled on Canadian artist Emily Carr earlier this year and had the chance to visit her childhood Victoria BC home — an official historic site — two months ago. I have to confess I’ve kind of fallen in love with her. Among Canada’s iconic artists of the early 20th-century, she focused on portraying the…
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Seven days of dancing and learning (Nia white belt training) returned me to reverence for ritual as a way to quiet the busy mind. It also reminded me to recognize and respect the influence of the physical space in which I create and play and dance. I have a small place on my bookshelf with…
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I’m in day five of a weeklong dance training, and haven’t been able to embrace one of the practices. It’s a minute of laughter, part of system of movement that gets all the joints lubed and ready to go, known as the seven one-minute stages. I’ve done this Nia-created routine many many times and left…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 