Thursday, June 22, 2006
The Good, The Good and the Goodly
We are what we repeatedly do; therefore excellence is not an act, but a habit.
~ Aristotle
Freak. There's a reason the whole of Western Civilization is built on that man.
I also love this, from Jerzy Grotowski:
"Individuality is the very opposite of half-heartedness."
Freak.
I've also come to think that one makes art by training, working and trusting. Both consecutively and concurrently.
I was talking about the body with a boy today, and I discovered this: Through dance, I have started to see the body as a beautiful thing. All bodies - mine included - take on a potential as a transformative tool.
~ Aristotle
Freak. There's a reason the whole of Western Civilization is built on that man.
I also love this, from Jerzy Grotowski:
"Individuality is the very opposite of half-heartedness."
Freak.
I've also come to think that one makes art by training, working and trusting. Both consecutively and concurrently.
I was talking about the body with a boy today, and I discovered this: Through dance, I have started to see the body as a beautiful thing. All bodies - mine included - take on a potential as a transformative tool.