Finding balance
“Fall down seven times, get up eight.” (Japanese proverb, Nana korobi ya oki).
Grand jeté
When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.
― Mikhail Baryshnikov
A clean, well-lighted place
“I am of those who like to stay late at the café," the older waiter said. "With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night." —Ernest Hemingway
Transitions
“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together and the music that brings harmony.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
Studio time
Don’t underestimate the power of professional headshots to build your personal brand.
Senior moment
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. — Abraham Lincoln
Cowboy waltz
Never take life too seriously. — @coolbeaners (click the link at the end and you’ll get it.)
A time to reap
‘For everything there is a season, … a time to grieve and a time to dance.’ -Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Heart of America
The Heart of America Dancesport competition draws top talent from both the pro-am and professional dance classes.
Twin Cities Open…
Ballroom dance competitions are “something akin to a combination of ballet and hockey.”
On the road again…
Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road. ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road
‘Perception is strong and sight weak.’
Perception and sight are two different ways of seeing. — Miyamoto Mushashi
Connections
“Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place.” ― Albert Camus