An Ode to Incarnation I’m the ephemeral union the temporal assembly the passing coherence the momentary encounter the transient intersection the makeshift collaboration of a trillion organismscomprising a billion universes. I’m a ball briefly burning brilliantly a comet a candle to kindling an also ran flash in the panwhose dwindling gravitational fieldand centripetal forceis devolving […]
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Using musical structures and techniques, stories and exercises we’ll explore ‘home/safety’, disruptive change, curiosity and courage.
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I took this photo of a tree branch pinioned into a piece of metal fence.It was left on the floor of a house I was doing construction in, and I obviously found it very striking. The branch appears to have been pierced – as if on a torture rack – by the metal. It looks
Disruptive situations, which break us out of ‘Who We Are’ – our normal routines, our normal ways of relating, our webs of significance and commitments – can create an opportunity for increasing connectedness.
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The Poetry of Perilous Passages is a poetic insight journey into bridges and crossings, and the potential of building resilience in suspense and uncertainty.
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‘Disruption & Percussion’ is a fully integrated hands-on workshop. Participants learn rhythmic structures by actually clapping them out, and are carried through a journey in which they viscerally experience rhythmic disruption and work to resolve it by learning new skills. The fundamental theme of disruption, and how it relates to organizational strategy and culture, are consistently returned to through ongoing conversation, questioning, reflection and analysis.
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“The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation, and that always seems fraught with danger. But that visibility which makes us most vulnerable also is the source of our greatest strength.” – Audre Lordes
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“Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.” – M.F.K. Fisher
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Love is vast attachment, inseparable from, an even greater dynamism devoted to the full and complete creative realisation of the object of one’s love. That is, to quote Sting, “If you love someone, set them free.” So, loving someone is impossible without the capacity to suffer through loss and heartbreak: what you love and have
“When we act, as it seems, with the greatest spontaneity and vigour, we are to some extent led by the things we imagine we are controlling. Moreover, the very expansion of our energy (which reveals the core of our personality) is, ultimately, only our obedience to a will to be and to grow, of which
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