dance therapy

have you seen this?!  prisoners in the philippines doing dance therapy!  the violence is down by 75%!  pretty cool. . . 

driving

i noticed this while driving yesterday, obviously. . . then i was just taking some pictures of things i found interested, aesthetically pleasing.

i had my first therapeutic arts class yesterday.  the reading was awesome.  i'll give you some excerpts:

ideas are the seeds of creative imagination.

images birth one another.

the creative process requires active participation.  being able to commit to creativity (like meditation).

repetition encourages reverie and letting go.

there was a cool activity to make a list of your beliefs about imagination. see if they are positive or negative (like "it's only your imagination" or "you're letting your imagination run away with you".

the class on the other had was not that great.  i'll just say that i felt some people were looking for actual art therapy rather than learning about it.  it made me a little uncomfortable and felt like it was inappropriate.  i don't know. . . i hope it goes better next week.

60 minutes

i caught this thing on 60 minutes about caloric restriction.  have you heard about it?  basically if you starve yourself you live longer.  hmmm. . . what's the point in living if all you eat is baby food and walnuts.  also the parallels with anorexia are pretty crazy.  i think it's healthier to fast every once in a while.  also, people will age and die.  why spend how ever much amount of money trying to find a fountain of youth?!  your going to die.  your going to get old.  we all do.  do your best but torturing a bunch of monkeys will hurt your karma and you'll die looking young in a freak accident or something.  i think this is the clip, it's kind of long but if you want to learn how to live forever watch it.

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art nouveau

i am taking an art history class about art nouveau and i'm so excited.  i love it!  i've always enjoyed art nouveau and i'm so stoked about learning all about it.  well, more about it.  for our final we can do an actual art project and i think i will.  i found this random book of poetry and short stories.  on the free shelf of books at mokihana in kauai and was attracted the the cover that is an illustration by attila sassy 'aiglon'.  the book is geza csath the magician's garden and other stories.  this is one of his illustrations.  

then i had to add another cool one i learned tonight.  an embroidery by hermann obrist from 1895 called peitchenheib (whiplash), since i'm in love with embroidery.  i wonder if he did this by hand?

tagged twice

once from tyler 75 things you love and once from nan, 25 things about you. . . i will think about the 75 things i love. . . 

1. I used to hate my toes.
2. I love bikram yoga.
3. I tend to be kapha.
4. I’m into the woo woo.
5. I grew up next to a nuclear power plant.
6. I love lush green.
7. My childhood was really very easy and I feel blessed.
8. I’ve never broken a bone (knock on wood).
9. If I had no fear I would be an artist.
10. I want to write a novel.
11. And a childrens book.
12. Sometimes I don’t tie my shoes and that’s ok.
13. I’m addicted to the savage love podcast.
14. I’m totally a nerd in school now.
15. I’m liberal.
16. I had baby fever today while working (oh no! not again!)
17. I want to live on a farm, possibly a commune.
18. I won’t by clothes that advertise a label. (like a shirt that says GAP)
19. I’m kind of addicted to television.
20. I love tea
21. I miss dive bars.
22. I want to learn how to silk screen.
23. I want to be too many things.
24. I must one day own a horse.
25. I love photo booth pictures.

and i'm proud to be an american. . . .

tears of joy!

you

should watch jesus in india