Perform: Respect Fear
I read a lot of well-intentioned fear bashing out there. It goes something like: "Conquer your fear" "Don't let your fear defeat you" and a recent favorite: "Fear wants to take away your faith" FEAR IS NOT AN ENTITY! Fear…
Articulate: Mumble Wumble
Mumbling is defined as speaking in a quiet or indistinct way. In practice, it is a little more complex but the end result is the same. We cannot understand what is being said. Mumbling can be constant, or situational. For…
Acquire: Outrun the Cookie Monster
I volunteer with an organization that has several ways of recognizing people for how they improve the group. There are recognitions for service, knowledge, and even brawn. Some of us call them cookies. These recognitions are lovely but inevitably it…
Disrupt: Do I Know You?
We are really not treating each other well out here. From this week alone: Waiting for a bus with embroidery in my lap, my phone is out of sight (actually in my bag somewhere). The (adult) woman next to me…
Observe: S curves
No one argues about the importance of the spine. It is the centerpiece of the whole skeletal system but is not a rigid centerpiece. The spine is designed to articulate in every direction with its most limited mobility points being…
Performance – Play to Your Strengths
We are circus people. By that I mean, I am suddenly spending time in a circus school while my child learns circus things. While observing a particularly graceful and terrifying maneuver on aerial silks, I stated, "I don't think I'd…
Articulate: Good Morning
A morning commute in Boston can make one lose all faith in Humanity. From the careless bumping of bodies on the T to the wanton disregard for the other humans moving through space, it can make you a wee bit…
Acquire: Is This Thing On?
Of all the skills that we need in order to improve our voices, the ability to hear ourselves accurately is the most elusive. It's not that there is an issue with our hearing. Our hearing is just not optimized for…
Disrupt: Heel
This is a story about proprioception, that awareness of where your body is in space. It is also a story about losing track of the awareness of where your body is in space and not noticing it. I am clumsy,…
Observe: Cloudy Days
It would be nice to be always 100% in our capabilities, certain that what we know will spring forward when it is needed. I really wish this were true (really, ask me about recently forgetting how many siblings I have).…
