From the Kinēsa Newsletter
Pattern Recognition
I have a bad habit of trying to find meaning in everything. I see three blue Teslas in one day and feel it is a sign to call my old friend who owns a blue Tesla. I pass a piece of graffiti that says “Smile!” and I assume it’s a direct message to me. I once read a book...
Hoping Against Hope
Most of us are familiar with the quote by the philosopher George Santayana, “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” As I considered this, I stumbled across Warren Buffet’s “What we learn from history is that people don’t learn from history.” If I...
I’m Just a Hippy Peacenik
What the world needs now Is love, sweet love. That’s the only thing that there’s just too little of. — Jackie De Shannon I remind myself daily of my incredible good fortune to live in a time when I don’t have to fear the Mongol hordes putting us to the sword, or...
The Peripherals
Let’s not forget our distal parts! Your hands, feet and face connect you to the world, to each other and influence every move you make. (Remember the last time you stubbed your toe?) Movement, research and inquiry; mental, physical, emotional; it will be a sensory...
What’s Old is New: Mime for our Time
I was writing in my journal, waxing profound about the arcs in my life. “Sometimes it seems like I’ve spent my life walking in place. I move along and then I hit a wall. After banging my head against it for a while, I often discover there was no wall, or that the wall...
Watch Very Closely
Image: Jeff Sheridan performs in Central Park, NYC, circa 1970s. More than 45 years ago, I was sitting in a café at the end of an afternoon of performing in Central Park with our felliniesque collection of buskers ranging from the infamous Philip Petit to… well, me...
