My heart would take the shape of a shoe if a siren lived in every village.
But the night never ends when it leans on the sick, and there are ships that want to be seen in order to sink in peace. -- Frederico Garcia Lorca, Poet in New York
I'm adventurous and energetic, although I love to sleep in. I'm a night owl. I procrastinate often. I love being outside, whether hiking, biking or running around, or just communing with nature. I generally don't talk much, but I'm a bit of a clown -- I love to make people (and myself) laugh; I'm a sentimental packrat; I'm also very sensual. I have a piano and a secret garden. I especially love taking pictures and just about any other kind of art making. My friend Laura says I'm like a big box with something very surprising and funny hidden inside. Oh yeah, and I like to dance.
"Dancers are the athletes of God." --Albert Einstein
"I should not believe in a God who does not dance."
--Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
"Dancing is when you rise above both worlds, tearing your heart to pieces and giving up your soul." --Rumi
"Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music." --Angela Monet
Samurai Song
When I had no roof, I made audacity my roof.
When I had no supper, my eyes dined.
When I had no eyes I listened.
When I had no ears, I thought.
When I had no thought I waited.
When I had no father, I made care my father.
When I had no mother, I embraced order.
When I had no friend, I made quiet my friend.
When I had no enemy, I opposed my body.
When I had no temple, I made my voice my temple.
I have no priest, my tongue is my choir.
When I have no means fortune Is my means.
When I have nothing, death will be my fortune.
Need is my tactic, detachment Is my strategy.
When I had no lover I courted my sleep.
-- Robert Pinsky
