The Enduring Inspiration of Myth
We sail the ships of our lives on deep oceans of story, moved by narrative currents that we might not even be fully conscious of. Mythic themes like the Hero’s Journey help us make sense of our experiences and connect with the greater story of humanity’s search for meaning. That archetypal journey is the arc […]
Walking the Path of Devotion
What’s in a walk? Your whole life. Where you came from, where you’re going, what you’ve been through, what you carry, what you shed. Every step, every posture a vignette of your unique path of evolution. Every act has the potential to become devotional. I practice the “andante” meditative walk as a way of re-connecting […]
The Dancer of the Future is Here: Isadora Duncan’s Moving Gift to Spiritual Expression
Isadora Duncan, the mother of contemporary dance, was a pioneering American woman and free spirit, an artist of soul ahead of her time. In her short life from 1877 to 1927, she revolutionized dance during an era when Victorian morals and aesthetics left little space for movement arts beyond the rarified, stiff ballet, ballroom dance, […]
Ariadne’s Dance: Unraveling the Personal Through the Mythical
Ariadne Giving Theseus the Red Thread (Pelagio Palagi, 18th cent.) When a performing art becomes the expression of the performer’s spirit and their personal prayer joins the performance, it becomes Prayerformance. The song or dance or play becomes infused with a numinous quality that inspires, blesses and heals us all. For those who’ve ever heard […]
Can Mythic Movement Help Us Heal the Sister Wound?
Working with the mythos of Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, cannot help but bring up the sister-wound. We know Medusa as a terrifying, monstrous Gorgon who was “cut off” and demonized, relegated to a state where her gaze turned all to stone as she languished in eternal punishment and degradation. Isn’t that just like a sister […]