Athletes and artists
- Post date August 5, 2012
Sports push the limits of human body Arts push the limits of human imagination
Tag: quotes
For: Fang Yi
- Post date July 21, 2012
A person can be as famous as (s)he can be, or as good in what (s)he does as (s)he can be. Just like Fang-Yi. And there are lots of them. At the same time, a person can also be as humble as (s)he can be. Just like Fang-Yi. But they are hard to find. Entitlement. […]
And he stood quietly in the queue
Sometimes, I wonder about the importance of how much we think we are worth – the thing that triggers confidence or cockiness. There are a lot of whiners. That, as a matter of fact, I know. When I say this, I think about a theatre critic who was known to complain about journeys out of […]
Minds
- Post date March 20, 2012
You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew. – Albert Einsten
“20 years later”
- Post date March 16, 2012
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
Reading: why are we so afraid of creativity?
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” – Albert Einstein http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/literally-psyched/2012/02/26/why-are-we-so-afraid-of-creativity/
what about dance is even remotely “transformative”?
What about [dance] is even remotely “transformative”? This is a real question by a real person, as a comment on TED website under this video: “The LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves“. Even though I have danced all my life and even got a (useless?) dance degree, this is a question I have been […]