time management advice
September 2, 2021
blog
Warning: long post and there’s no tl;dr. I was recently in the studio with a group of choreographers. One of the things that came up was how they
probably in a good place
August 30, 2021
blog
In Daniel Pink’s slightly flimsy book When: the Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, there’s a section called When to Quit a Job: A Guide. Point 3
what one already knows
August 23, 2021
blog
Throw out your conceited opinions, for it is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows. – Epictetus, Discourses,
the show is over
August 9, 2021
blog
events like this (with attendees jetting in from all over the planet) are no longer viable if we want to ensure a liveable planet for future
belonging is stronger than facts
July 26, 2021
blog
In the podcast I make with Lee Miller called Midlifing Lee and I keep coming back to the ways in which human beings depend on the concepts of us and
now: 25 July 2021
July 25, 2021
blog
Going on for me right now: Reading: Why I am Not Going to Buy a Computer by Wendell Berry, Dove Mi Trovo by Jhumpa Lahiri, Consolations by David
weakness of the flesh
July 18, 2021
blog
Weakness of the Flesh is a film by Kevin McGloughlin and Jacob Jonas that uses relatively simple animation to duplicate and people the solo dance
choreography and explaining jokes
July 4, 2021
blog
My friend Rosemary Lee is a remarkable choreographer. Her artistic work captures so much of the spirit of being human: of being together, our
Editorial: Opposite Sides of Something
July 1, 2021
practice
An editorial for Choreographic Practices by Lee Miller and Simon Ellis. Reference: Ellis, Simon and Lee Miller 2021. “Editorial: Opposite Sides of
2004 and 2021
June 20, 2021
blog
In 2002 I started initial thinking and dreaming about a work that would eventually become Inert (2006). In 2004 David Corbet, Shannon Bott, Cormac
elvis legs
June 6, 2021
blog
During the initial COVID lockdown British Choreographer Lea Anderson published an online and crowdsourced version of a 1995 work. It’s called Elvis
grateful love
May 23, 2021
blog
A long time ago my mother gave me a copy of a poem she wrote the day I was born. I find the idea of ‘grateful love’ deeply moving. Little child,
the infinite game and choreography
May 10, 2021
blog
In 2019 the author and “unshakable optimist”1 Simon Sinek published a book called The Infinite Game (2019) that made the work of American religious
choosing to pay
April 24, 2021
blog
Ferdy Christant is an “amateur (wildlife) photographer with an opinion” and the person who started www.jungledragon.com. In 2019 he wrote a post
now: 17 April 2021
April 17, 2021
blog
Going on for me right now: Reading: Present Shock by Douglas Rushkoff, Breve Storia del Corpo Umano: Una Guida Per Gli Occupanti by Bill Bryson,
the eyes of the other
April 11, 2021
blog
Tara Brach is a Psychologist and Western Buddhist. In a recent episode of her podcast called The Power of Deep Listening she describes how she and
loneliness, uncertainty and boredom
March 29, 2021
blog
The phone gives us a lot but it takes away three key elements of discovery: loneliness, uncertainty, and boredom. Those have always been where
better left unsaid
March 27, 2021
blog
Something to aspire to: I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid. – Plutarch, Cato The Younger, 4
120fps
March 14, 2021
blog
I started some simple experiments last week throwing and catching a camera. Here’s an animated gif of one catch that has been stripped from video
le mani
March 12, 2021
blog
Molto tempo fa abbiamo cominciato a pensare usando le mani, non il contrario. – Gary Rogowski, Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction
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