September 2010
11 posts
...And Know Your Friends Are Also Human.
Meditating on biblical concepts more often than not leads to obscure tangents surprising conclusions.
Psalm 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God…
For the talkative, the hyperactive, and the energetic bambini among us, this presents a problem.
This morning’s Thursday Resolution however, from the sporadically insightful recesses of my brain, came loosely based on this Bible...
Homage to Lucinda Dunn
Paying homage to the longest serving and most diverse Principal Dancer of the Australian Ballet seemed somewhat inevitable. One of the most technically proficient ballerinas this country has ever seen, Lucinda Dunn is also one of the quirkiest.
When queried about her three favourite things in life, she told the Sydney Morning Herald reporter:
“1. The wallpaper in my favourite scarf shop....
“A medical study has found that the more coffee subjects guzzled during the day,...”
– ‘The Hot Word’ dictionary.com
Achoo. Bless you.
A false belief that originated during the Renaissance dictates that a sneeze causes the heart to momentarily stop. The blessing was a brief prayer that the heart would not fail completely.
Ballet dancers are a self-chosen elite. To survive and surmount years of disciplinary preparation and seasons of even more arduous performance requires rigid determination and almost mindless self-abnegation. One other factor is difficult to predetermine: without a certain admixture of hysteria — sometimes masking as self-obsession, sometimes even counterfeiting incipient madness —...
My heart is lost in St Petersburg →
Tales from Outer Suburbia
Opening my blinds this morning brought a brilliant sense of peace. No one was outside. Lazy Sunday attitude seems to have triumphed over ambitious gardeners and trampolining toddlers.
Three doors round have not yet begun practicing their intricate concertos, although their elaborate melodies might have added to the beautiful serenity. I’ve beaten my alarm clock this morning, and only now...
WatchHomage to all the rabbits who have died in the hands of incompetent magicians.
Watching SoYouThinkYouCanDance makes my cry. Not because I am a fanatical aesthetician, and recognise perfect technique when i see it, but because it moves me. The music and the drama and the longing for perfection- they try so hard!
I can’t wait until i am that passionate about something. Until i am able to...
