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Thoughts on Dancing, Getting Older, and Continuing Revelation

Posted on August 10, 2017 by

I won't always be dancing the way I dance now. I've been thinking about that in mostly a negative ways: My body won't let me b-boy anymore… I'm losing flexibility and power, so I have to make up for it in some other way….I won't be able to do the things I do now in ten…

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This is My City, My Museum, My Home

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

Yesterday, this is what I saw as I biked past the California Academy of Sciences, around 8:30pm. I was in awe of the beauty and grandeur of nature, the magnificence of my city, and the elegance of my museum. I'm such a fortunate human. The blog isn't doing this picture justice. Check out a higher…

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What I’m Good At: Listening, Questioning, Focusing…

Posted on March 1, 2017 by

I've been thinking about the things that I think I excel at. I don't mean specific skills or talents, like dancing or public speaking, although that is certainly important. I am thinking more about broad buckets of strengths that I have. Here's what I've come up with so far. Active Listening I'm a good listener….

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Message to President-elect Trump from New York Quakers: Reject Hatred and Bigotry

Posted on December 2, 2016 by

Here is the message that was communicated from New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) to President-elect Donald Trump a few days ago. Although I have not attended Quaker Meeting for a very long time, I am still formally a member of the New York Yearly Meeting and the Brooklyn Monthly…

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RIP Sharon Jones: My Inspiration and Friend

Posted on November 19, 2016 by

The great soul singer Miss Sharon Jones passed away yesterday, after a long, brutal and unflinchingly public fight with cancer. I'm just crushed by the news, at the tail end of a big bummer of a year. But I'm also inspired.   Who I am as a dancer — and a person — was significantly shaped by…

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Lin-Manuel Miranda: “Hearts Open, Minds Sharp…”

Posted on September 19, 2016 by

Channeling some Lin-Manuel Miranda today. Good morning. Eyes up. Hearts up. Minds sharp. Compassion on full blast. (Sips coffee)Okay let's go. — Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) July 8, 2016

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“Vulnerable”: Photo Essay on Feelings of Insecurity and Sadness at a Dance Camp

Posted on August 11, 2016 by

Sarah Warny Berg created this wonderful photo essay about some of the darker feelings and thoughts experienced during the Herräng Dance Camp. Obviously this isn't exclusive to this camp or these people, but touches on some universal experiences we all go through but don't express often. I can totally relate to many of the sentiments…

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Nana’s Rolls, Mom’s Spaghetti, Nairobian Langoustines: Your Wonderful Food Stories

Posted on July 18, 2016 by

For my birthday this year, I decided to request my friends to send me personal stories about food. I’m so impressed with the stories that people shared! Here are some of my favorites.  Mom’s Noodles Credit: CC-licensed photo by Cameron Cassan Homemade spaghetti came up a couple of times in friend's stories. My friend Jim…

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Kingsolver: “What I want is so simple…”

Posted on July 12, 2016 by

My boss Jon Foley at the California Academy of Sciences shared this wonderful quote from the author Barbara Kingsolver in her book Animal Dreams, which really speaks to my condition right now: “The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is…

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Figs, Proscuitto and A Birthday Request to You

Posted on July 3, 2016 by

It was the summer of 1998. I was on a work trip to Rome, Italy with some colleagues at the human rights group I worked for a the time, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court. We were being treated to dinner by a local Italian human rights nonprofit. It was one of our first…

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