Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Lost in Motion

Mercedes Sosa sings Alfonsina y el mar. Yo en el fondo del mar, Alfonsina Storni




YO EN EL FONDO DEL MAR

En el fondo del mar
hay una casa
de cristal.
A una avenida
de madréporas
da.
Un gran pez de oro,
a las cinco,
me viene a saludar.
Me trae
un rojo ramo
de flores de coral.
Duermo en una cama
un poco más azul
que el mar.
Un pulpo
me hace guiños
a través del cristal.
En el bosque verde
que me circunda
-din don... din dan...-
se balancean y cantan
las sirenas
de nácar verdemar.
Y sobre mi cabeza
arden, en el crepúsculo,
la erizadas puntas del mar.

Alfonsina Storni 1934



IN FONDO AL MARE

In fondo al mare
c’è una casa
di cristallo.
A un viale
di madrepore
guarda.
Un grande pesce d’oro,
alle cinque
viene a salutarmi.
Porta per me
un rosso mazzo
di fiori di corallo.
Dormo in un letto
un pò più azzurro
del mare.
Un polipo
mi fa l’occhiolino
attraverso il cristallo.
Nel bosco verde
che mi circonda
- din don.. din dan... -
cantano e si dondolano
le sirene
di madreperla verdemare.
E sulla mia testa
ardono, al crepuscolo,
le irruvidite punte del mare.


Alfonsina Storni 1934





Monday, July 21, 2014

Martha Graham




The core of my life is activity.

When you teach a person,
you are embarking on a very holy time
you are taking a life into your hands
that is a great responsibility.

The palm of the hand should be forward, and straight out to the audience,
"I give you myself, I give you what I have to give", that's what it really means.

I've known about sacrifice so long that every moment of our life is a sacrifice of a kind,
and any moment of choice is a sacrifice.

Each one of us has the whole life in us and it is our choice to decide what we will reveal.

How many drops of blood have gone into the making a view?
How much memory is in that drop of blood?

Martha Graham



Is it wrong to work with an enlightened man and be a sannyasi?

New York Dance Up Close: A Dance Enthusiast Minute-Martha Graham Dance Company. Choreography by Nacho Duato

New York Dance Up Close: A Minute of New Myth w/Martha Graham Dance Company

Sitar Legend Pt. Ravi Shankar & his lovely Daughter Anoushka



Father Daughter
Master Disciple
Giving Receiving
Reverence
Playful Complicity
Embrace
Trust
Love