A still more glorious dawn awaits...

by Monday, December 28, 2009
With each passing year, I discover an incredible overlap between bellydance and geekitude. This pleaseth me greatly. :) So I am confident that a large cross section of you who visit this blog will appreciate the following video. It was sent to me via various methods earlier this year, and I have had it stuck in my head and heart ever since. It's autotuned Carl Sagan (feat. Stephen Hawking, even...

Rest in Peace, Perry Lorenzo

by Sunday, December 20, 2009
My senior high school English teacher, arguably one of the most influential teachers of my life, passed away last night of bone cancer. Thanks to old friends and acquaintances from school, via Facebook I was aware of his illness many weeks ago, but was still knocked down by the news given just moments ago. I had the pleasure of not only being his student at John F. Kennedy High School, but also w...

The digital Universe

by Friday, December 18, 2009
This video is stunning. Shows the known Universe as we understand it today, through a combination of the most advance scientific resources we have available.


If you feel amazingly tiny and insignificant, and completely awed by the scope of human existence, raise your hand.
*raising hand*

Nightmare before Christmas as metaphor

by Thursday, December 17, 2009
Once upon a time there was a character named Jack Skellington.Jack was very very good at Halloween. Everyone looked to him for leadership because he was so good at it.As time went on, Jack became bored of Halloween. He kinda felt like everything that could be done had been done, and he really wanted to try something new to spice things up.He stumbled upon a town which celebrated something called C...

Renee's look at ATS

by Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Today I stumbled across a tribal discussion on Bhuz from back in June which I missed (I was on vacation for my anniversary around that time), in which my co-director Renee was making some observations about tribal bellydance in the context of a discussion where another dancer asked about the difference between cabaret and tribal. I really enjoyed her perspective, and she is such an eloquent writer...

Organic Process: The Art of Seeing

by Monday, December 14, 2009
All the way back in May, I was pondering the collision of modern media and the organic process of artistic creation. In that post I wrote:"A sculpture or a painting--even a piece of music or a video--is not expected to change, and is appreciated for its unchanging beauty. It is it's solidity that is part of its appeal, in a way. We see the same piece over time, and instead of expecting it to chang...

Emmet the Otter

by Saturday, December 12, 2009
Last night was our "Elf Virgin Party", which sounds kinky, but is actually just an excuse to get some friends to watch the fabulously hilarious film. Really, if you haven't seen it, you must.My friend Michelle brought a bonus DVD for us to watch after: "Emmet the Otter's Jug Band Christmas". If you haven't seen it, and love Jim Henson's work as I do, you will love it. And do NOT miss the outtakes...

A Simple Guide to Being Present

by Saturday, December 05, 2009
Zen Habits really just has some of the best articles! Here is an excerpt, and I encourage you to pop over and read the rest for yourself:"How often are you driving while talking on a cell phone, or thinking about work problems, or the errands you have to do? How often do you eat without thinking about the food you’re eating? How often do you drift off while doing other things, thinking about somet...

What do you want to be known for...?

by Tuesday, December 01, 2009
What Do You Want to Be Known For?, a post by Jonathan Fields over on his blog "Awake @ the Wheel"."It’s a question most of never really think about…Or, if we do, we think about it fleetingly, then tuck it away for some time down the road…when we’ll be able to finally do something about it.Then, we go about the business of more or less responding to life, just doing what’s in front of us every day...
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