For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. – Aristotle I am mostly writing this here as a reminder to myself. How did we learn how to walk? By taking a step, struggling, adapting, and then trying again. And again and again. Bit by bit. Learning… Read More Learning by Doing
Relaxing during the evening with a cup of tea – either alone or together – has long been a tradition in House Bech. This year I wanted to take it a step deeper, and delve into the world of tea ceremony. The picture below shows a very simple matcha tea (ie finely ground green tea, often… Read More Taking a Moment
Believe it or not, I have reduced my number of journals for 2019.. to 5. 🙂 Less(ish) is more. Right? I do like having different places for recording/finding different kinds of ideas, so I still use a few. These are the ones currently in rotation: Dancers Day Planner – By Cera Byer. I use the quarter-year… Read More All the Journals
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. – Bruce Lee I came across this Bruce Lee quote today, on a blog about learning to play guitar. I don’t play guitar myself (the one in the picture is Mr E’s), but I love this quote, and… Read More Guitars, Bruce Lee, and Snow
One of the hardest things to do in practise for me, still, be it for dance or martial arts, is to work on the things I do not feel I am very ‘good’ at yet. I know those are precisely the areas where there is the most potential for growth, for positive development. And yet.… Read More The Great Unknown
An inspiration for this week‘s posts, and very much fitting the apparent theme, has been Mr. Russell Brand‘s fantastic ‘Under the Skin’ podcast. I deeply enjoyed listening to episode nr 42(!) with Prof. Barry Smith. It touches on the multitudes of human senses (ie many more than the 5 that get all the attention), and their fascinating… Read More Under the Skin
Clouds are moving poetry. They’ve inspired countless artists in the course of history (and – I’d bet – beyond!) I remember being an avid cloudspotter as a youngster. It gave me immense peace and inspiration just to lie down in the grass for a while and watch the sky-cotton shift shapes and float by. As… Read More Cloud Poetry
The mystical grey Heron, said to be messenger of the Gods. A symbol of grace, patience, dignity, precision, independence, self-knowlegdge, wisdom, discipline, light, and rebirth. This image (taken this weekend behind our home, during the 2-day fog) reminded me of the saying that our senses are only designed to perceive a fraction of reality. Good… Read More Perception
Experiences are stored in our long-term memory the moment we try to retrieve them. Next to that, visualising ourselves performing complex (or simple!) movements with great focus will activate the very same parts of our brain that light up when we DO execute that movement. I have found that creating notes AFTER I’ve taken a… Read More Retaining the Work
We already re-shape our world by creating every day. So why not do it consciously? And, while we do that, let’s make of it the best we can. Sing, write, dance, speak, draw, move, capture, practise – go and create something today. Inspired by Todd Henry’s Daily Creative Podcast on creating daily (very meta!) and this… Read More Create