no man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man’s death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
and therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man’s death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
and therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
john donne, meditation xvii, from devotions upon emergent occasions together with death's duel
chanda's jack o'lantern.
putting the finishing touches on her jack o'lantern . .
our neighbor, victoria, came over for lunch today. we talked about yesterday's terrorist incident and how she had been in nice for the attack there on bastille day . . both so frightening. she felt so sad for the people who were hurt. they were from argentina and belgium and i felt how their stories touched her deeply. we talked for quite awhile about it and then discussed her new photography work and film work that she's beginning. she found some old movies she had made in the '70's that she had transferred to dvd. she gave us one to watch and i look forward to seeing it with greg. they're short pieces, ranging from fifteen to thirty minutes long. she says the subjects are the same as what is being discussed today. when can we move on from it all, and grow more tolerant . . accepting? loving?
eating apple pie and pumpkin pie was part of the day.
the dresden semperoper ballett was at the joyce this evening. it was an amazing show with beautiful choreography and wonderfully strong dancers. our favorite piece was on the nature of daylight, a max richter composition (chanda danced to mercy for her modern dance show in june) with choreography by david dawson . . it was incredibly beautiful. afterwards, the artistic director of the company, aaron watkin, joined the associate director of the joyce, laura diffendorfer, for a discussion with the audience. i was impressed with his experience and the vision he has for his company. he talked about wanting his dancers to be versed in different techniques and to be able to move fluidly from one technique to the next. he also shared about working with william forsyth as a company member at ballet frankfurt and how for the first time his brain would be more tired than his body after hours of rehearsing. he also liked how forsyth saw a unique side to each dancer and how they were all so different which made for a diverse and exciting company. chanda found it interesting that in the classroom with his dancers he liked to work on the in between context of movements, not each movement individually, but how they connected and flowed together. she says that this is what she's currently working on with one of her teachers. (we all hear different parts of the conversation, though i suppose it relates to flowing from one technique to the other.)
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there's a beautiful moon out tonight . . almost full . . but not quite. and it was cold today, so cold that we finally put the heat on.
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there's a beautiful moon out tonight . . almost full . . but not quite. and it was cold today, so cold that we finally put the heat on.
