February 1, 2010

Poetry from a Young Imaginal Activist

My room is

A place of my own
A place of comfort
A home of Dreams
A palace of imagination
A mansion of memories
A infestation of mess
but it’s all my room

Gweneth Moore, 2010

January 26, 2010

The Art of Physical Play

Just stumbled across the work of Tomas Anthony, the brains (and brawn) behind Everyday Athlete.

“People need to start finding joy in movement again…”

YES!!! Somewhere in our bizarre need to equate virtue with a Puritanical misery, we’ve turned the delight of moving — running, jumping, leaping, dancing, skipping, even riding silly surf/skate boards — into brutal sessions at the gym or on the treadmill.

It so misses the point.

So cheers to Mr. Anthony, as he reminds us that movement IS play.

January 8, 2010

On a cute critter roll..

Sometimes things inspire our imagination without realizing that they will do so. Here, in addition to warming the cockles of my admittedly sentimental heart, is a photo that inspires some questions about how animals other than humans perceive the world…

…had a conversation with a friend today about how fantastical a mythology humans perpetuate about our advanced progress as compared to the rest of the animals in the world. We struggle daily with things that animals seem to do as easily as breathing, without worry or self-consciousness or losing course.

A case in point: