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Power And Unfashionable Things
“I cannot do anything with a dancer — and I include myself — if the mind is not as conditioned, as limber, as obedient as the body. The body reveals what the mind is doing, where it is going, what it loves. The world reveals to you what you most want, and the conditioned mind heads toward what it most needs. Think and respond intelligently. If you entertain the notion of limitation or failure, it will rest comfortably in your company, and it will become a familiar location.
— Martha Graham
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“Doing those deeply unfashionable things — slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting — is a radical act now, but it is essential….
Katherine May
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“The problem with some of our modern therapies and psychologies is that they aim at goals that are known ~ fantasies of normality or unquestioned values. One psychologist says that people need to be empowered ~ that is her definition of health. But there are also times when we may need to be weak and powerless, vulnerable and open to experience, as were Odysseus and Tristan, both of whom used their wits rather than their muscles….The goals stated by these therapists are monolithic and monarchical…. One becomes a father to one’s own life by becoming intimately acquainted with it and by daring to…
