Doors of Perception

by | Dec 26, 2011 | The Creative Body

Finally! There is a scientific explanation for forgetting. I feel so relieved. A recent study has found that when you cross a threshold or go through a doorway, you experience a temporal distortion that places you in a different time/space than on the other side. So...

My Bi-Partison Self

by | Aug 8, 2011 | The Creative Body | 1 comment

All this talk about the right and left not able to come to an agreement, unable to strike a balance, and trying to undermine each other’s efforts made me think of the invisible divisions between my right and left sides.  It seems sometimes that like the Biblical...

Of Money and Mushrooms

by | Jul 23, 2011 | Humor/CosmiComedy | 2 comments

The other day, I was hiking along Laurel Creek.  In the summer, I always bring a bag for wild discoveries: from porcinis to wine berries.  I had forgotten to bring one, so I grabbed my car trash bag.  I felt a little silly walking through the woods swinging my little...

Lost and Found

by | Jul 5, 2011 | The Creative Body

When I recently visited Prague, I carried a map in order to navigate the labyrinthine streets.  After getting helplessly lost several times, I realized that layout of the actual streets was more complex than it appeared. In Budapest, we went in search of the Gellert...

Forget Something?

by | Jun 14, 2011 | Humor/CosmiComedy | 1 comment

Scarecrow “They took my arm and they threw it over there!  And then they took my legs and threw them over there!” Tin Man “That’s you all over.” I have several vivid memories of forgetting.  The first one was about age eight.  My mother had discovered the Sears outlet...

Feets Don’t Fail Me Now!

by | Apr 17, 2011 | The Creative Body

My sister and I picked up this expression from an old Bob Hope movie and made it our goofy mantra for whenever we found ourselves in a difficult situation.  More recently, I was teaching a class where I asked people if they knew where their feet were and everyone...

Listen To the Hand

by | Mar 30, 2011 | The Creative Body

Whether you were taught to fold your hands on your lap, hold your hands behind your back, or shove them in your pockets, you won’t be able to avoid the fact that your hands are communicating all the time.  After many years of debate, researchers have finally agreed...

Stopping Time

by | Mar 28, 2011 | The Creative Body | 2 comments

Einstein once said: “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours.  That’s relativity.” Everyone is moaning that time is speeding up, that we have less time to...

Effortless Running

by | Feb 2, 2011 | The Creative Body

I couldn’t say it better myself.  This article by Edward Yu, a Feldenkrais practitioner and tai chi teacher reminds us that it’s not how hard you work, but how smart. Check it out as well as his newbook, The Art of Slowing Down.