Tag: dance
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Souls that soar
To dance when you are so moved, to sing when you are so driven, to laugh when you are tickled, to scream if passion compels you, is to be truly free…
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Day 17~ December 17th~ Guilin
We often talk of people of other planets, wonder if they exist, worry if they do, feel a thrill at the possibility, make up stories and fantasies about what they might look like and act like, but meanwhile if they did exist, wouldn’t we be the extraterrestrials to them? We are planetary beings confined to…
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Day 12~ April 12th~ Congo
It was so clear to me the day I saw these children dancing for hours, that Africa, the land, radiates and infuses its people with rhythm. Moving seems to be the most natural thing to them and they move with a lightness and swiftness that are most beautiful to witness. These children are young demobilized…
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Day Five~ February 5th~ Lebanon
Mystery and history are around every corner in Lebanon. It is really astounding to think about how many pieces of the human puzzle are contained in that tiny country. One of the most impressive historical sites is what my niece used to call as small child ‘the broken house’ 🙂 Baalbek, Baalbak, ancient Heliopolis, are…
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Day One Hundred Fifty Four, June 25, 2011
It was the opening act of the summer festival at the German School in Shanghai, the audience filled the seats, my heart was pounding nervously about her dance being the first in the show…I imagined a nervous, shy, hesitant little girl. And out she came, confident, proud, dancing with all her soul to the rhythm,…
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Day One Hundred Forty Eight, June 19, 2011
To know no worry, to carry no grudge, to feel no hate, to plan no revenge, to awaken with inspiration, to live with joy, to sleep with contentment of a day lived to the full, to be weightless, a child. photo: Lea dancing by the window on yet another rainy day in Shanghai
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Day Sixty Five, March 28, 2011
Not even seven years old and she declared herself a rocker! Lea came home today and asked me to tell her everything I know about Rock and Roll. She said: “I think I am rock and roll” and she proceeded to demonstrate. Should I be worried?? 🙂