Poetry is the alchemy of language.
Poetry transform words strung into sentences from meaningful to magical. It entices imagination and evokes emotion to see beyond what has been taught, or is ordinarily understood to have been seen.
Poetry gives meaning and glimpses of thoughts and feelings, way beyond the capacity of normal words.
Movement can be poetic. When we are willing to explore new iterations, patterns and formations of familiar shapes, their meaning shifts.
The path less explored provides new views and landscapes, broadening the horizon of possibilities. It encourages our bodies to release long-held tensions and traumas, even when it's language is difficult to learn. We can experiment with new potential.
Common movements of walking, sitting, jogging, and cycling don’t provide a vast range of motions to explore, even when combined. They are essentially similar shapes. In shifting these patterns, even just a little, we ask more of the body (muscles, bones and liquid), and so stir new sensations for our proprioception to wander and explore.
Simple movement becomes infused with depth and meaning as we learn new complexities into and out of movement. Our bodies literally lap up the opportunities to stretch and revive the tissues, fascia, build strength and vitality.
We begin by learning basic words (shapes), to form sentences (sequences), and eventually create poetry (patterns) to express the unique language of our inner and outer world.
Poetry embrances vulnerability, being willing to tangle, untangle, dive depths, breathe into shallows. When we shift, the world shifts. We are microcosms of the macrocosm.
Learning our poetry and artistry provides the opportunity for those around us to do the same.
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” Rumi
