"Where are the Animals?"
Ashlee Ramsey
Arizona State University
Photo by Tim Trumble
"...you hold on, never waivering
not budging
solidly confident in your willful
attempt at painting the perfect
picture or portrait
one that you have not the right nor
the privilege of creating
the compassion to comprehend
the authenticity to stop and
open your clogged heart
to the possibility that I am
I am..."
Excerpt from "In Need of..."
By Whitney Waugh
7 February 2013
Why Dance Matters
I am a creator of the world I exist within. Moving and dancing are not just activities I do, they are what make up my self. My whole self is expressed through movement and creativity. My spirituality is the awareness of my journey through life and I experience the greatest connection to my soul through the body and emotions. I believe in touch and healing, light and truth, the beautiful and the grotesque...I live through connections - with other humans, animals, nature, and the universe.
BE. live fiercely, confidently, and own your life. Those are the words I find myself coming back to in my darkest moments. It is only through my fear that I become paralyzed, and it is my fear that motivates me to experience change...to feel movement running through my veins. I can only remain in fear for so long before I must breakthrough...
I am what moves me.
Movement is what connects us to each other...movement of energy, the body, change, love, compassion.
Movement is healing.
It saved my life.
"I'm Here Because I Believe in It"
Cristian Duarte
Arizona State University
Photo by Tim Trumble