Thoughts and Ideas
Musing/Conversation Starter
The nature of memory and storytelling. Imagine the brain as a video projector and your experiences, the movie. This is the myth many believe is memory. After reading an article on memory it appears memory is more akin to making art, we construct memory out of a collection of bits, clues, and associations not necessarily connected to the original experience, then the editor or artist in us tells us what it thinks we need to know, or express. It seeks to clarify. How does the brain decide what it "thinks" we need to know? Could habitual thought patterns play a part like habitual movement patterns, not only aiding us but confining us?
Creative Experiment
Stepping in and out of a pattern. Recasting memory:
Make a comfortable movement phrase. Where did the bits and pieces come from? What do you use to recall the sequence?
Pick an activity out of your usual comfort zone that uses your brain in a different way than dance; A game of chess. Paint a wall, make visual art, read out loud, read music, practice a language, review higher math concepts, learn some history, etc. Work with your movement phrase each day afterward. Observe the bits and pieces, impulses and thought process toward the movement. Is anything different?
Quote: "Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure." Piero Ferrucci
Escape and Inspiration
Visit an art exhibit: Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism opens at the Albuquerque Museum at 2000 Mountain NW. February 6th. As usual, Tickets only available in advance online. https://www.cabq.gov/culturalservices/albuquerque-museum/exhibitions/ Tickets- $5 special surcharge plus $3-6
Continue celebrating the New Year by streaming local dance, Good Baile 2020 a diverse collection of over 30 local dancers, who rang in the New Year at Maple Street Dance Space https://www.maplestreetdancespace.com/gallery-msds
Request a book at the library- abqlibrary.org
Snuggle up on the sofa for an episode of "The Queen's Gambit" on Netflix
Drive around your city and observe changes or, discover what was always there.
