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| sculpture near Dublin castle, Ireland |
Musing…
“Once we believe in ourselves, we
can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals
the human spirit” ~ E.E. Cummings
E.E. Cummings went about altering rules
of language like a verbal landscaper to give his unique voice in poetry. Here
are a couple of his titles : “anyone lived in a pretty how town”; “spring is
like a perhaps hand” . (!) By altering language to speak through
it, we hear his wild creative spirit.
Charise’s Turn:
Yesterday, valentine’s day, was also one billion rising day,
a day to demand an end to acts of violence against women. This is a global
cause and people were encouraged to “strike, dance, rise”. Gatherings and flashmobs were
coordinated, choreography was developed that anyone could
learn and bring to public places (“break the chain”). Even the European Parliament got in on the
act. A day of so much meaning, such import. For weeks I thought about joining
or creating an event.
Two days before one billion rising day, I had an “aha”
moment. I don’t have to create or join an event, I already have one, my yoga
class (!). For some reason, I was
separating yoga from the cause, and thinking that I needed to engage in the
choreography established for the day. Why not bring awareness of the cause
into my class and offer some “break the chain” inspired yoga movement? Take my
own lead. A good friend of mine who took the class said it was like “dance in
disguise”, a yoga structure with so much movement, opening, and
open-heartedness.
Get Fired Up:
While you are looking for where to engage your creative
spirit, look close to home --
where you are, what you do, what’s important to
you, what brings relevance to your actions, your choices, your work, your
endeavors.
Creativity is not something out there that other people are
doing – it’s within your grasp.
