The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of all the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle. And the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
— Martha Graham, Blood Memory: An Autobiography
Notes:
- Quote Source Credit via Alive on All Channels. Thank you Beth.
- Photo: Alexander Yakovlev – Dancers Frozen in Flour via FreeYork
- Post title Inspired by Albert Einstein’s quote: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.
yes, all of it
What a magnificent quote! Thank You.
But (nearly) even better is that dancer’s pose – I know dancers personally; what they do with their body is beyond all imagination…. (for me at least!).
Agree! Be sure to see the others photos by this photographer which are linked in the notes. He’s incredible.
Did you view this:
mind blowing – let’s take good note….
very interesting…I sort of didn’t listen to the beginning, but what I noticed was that a few times, he had an instant flinch or withdrawal when someone put their hand near his core…
Val, I wondered how he could stand it being photographed by people having a pre-formed opinion on him…. I would have flinched umpteen times! And it’s SO true what came out of this experience and experiment.
Wow. No! It is!
So very true. In the midst of working out the other day, I was suddenly struck by the amazing way that one’s body works…so much has to happen in so many places simultaneously to create one movement. Remarkable! And those photos are gorgeous!
Agree! I had same sensation the other day and that’s what triggered the post.
Love it 💛
Me too Val!
Those moments when we are filled with awe when considering how the simplest elements of being, are in fact magnificent little miracles..
Yes! Exactly!
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BEYOND!! … “And the dance is a celebration of that miracle.”
— Martha Graham, Blood Memory: An Autobiography.
Yes!
David, I had missed this. Splendid. Just splendid!
So agree Gordon. Thank you!
And here I thought flour was only for baking. Or making clay-dough.
Amazing!
I danced on Saturday night. It was the first time I’d gone dancing since Covid hit. Outside the home that is. I dance in my studio a lot. Pretty well every day.
but to dance to live music. To let the saxophone be my guide, my muse, my body’s instrument. To feel the notes enter me in waves of joy and move me and me captive, fully alive in the spaces between the notes.
Miracle. All of it.
He captures it so beautifully — as do the remarkable words of the remarkable Martha Graham.
To feel the notes enter me. I can feel this Louise. Thanks for sharing.
Unnhh! I think I need a chiropractor!
Laughing. I could never even contemplate getting in that position.
What a gorgeous photgraph and body! Dance seems to perfect bodies that do it all the time… I knew a (retired) Martha Graham dancer, lovely woman who was a part of our Dream Theatre group in New York City. Did anyone here ever go to The Theatre of the Open Eye in NYCity, created by Joseph Campbell’s wife, Jean, also a retired Martha Graham Dancer? [everything is bringing back memories…good ones!]
No. I didn’t Valerie. Sounds like I missed something big.
Beautiful David ☺️🤍🕊smiles hedy
Agree Hedy. Thank you!
I wish we all nurtured and loved our body instead of just admiring from afar and praising it for what it can do. Beautiful photos Dave. 👏👏
Agree Karen. Thank you.
Beautiful image and the quote. I can’t dance so I can’t celebrate the miracle.:(
Thank you Indira. I can’t dance either….
:):)