Days off, days on

I took this weekend off. I am listing the events that coincided with my cosciously practicing surrender, discovery, curiosity.

Thu morning - an hour of dance, then a dinner with friends.

Fri - Indulged in a day of daily life. Read. Showered. Then a photoshoot with John and a log conversation with John and Lucky. Then dinner with John.

Sat - Dance in the morning, then took Julianne to the beach. Yoge for me, a book for her. After an hour she found me and we ran and danced and played. Then, at home, I edited and processed John's photos.

Today, Sunday. Dance in the morning, Then play with Tye and Matt and Craig. Lunch with Matt. Then the steamroom for an hour and dance again.

Yoga at the beach

Then worked on the photos from John's session.



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Yoga and photoshop

An hour of Yoga preceded by about 30 minutes spent on a portrait session I did for a friend two weeks ago. The photos were long due and are now online. In the process I found a look I'd like to explore for male portraiture. It pulls out the subject's masculinity and raw presence to the forefront... Which is how I see the men in my men's circles. Hmm, that would be a nice project.

Here's an example (click photo for a larger version):

one hour

Yoga, then bought two domains with the intention to develop them

30 minutes

Some kalisthetics: push ups, pull ups, thent he little form (wing chun).

Resuming posting

Yesterday: 2 hours at dance. Co-created beautiful exhilarating dances.
Sunday, met a DJ friend and did a spontaneous photoshoot, photos soon. Also, as I was driving in Echo Park around sunset, felt a call to get out of the car and take some photographs. Here's one:



After a conversation with Clint, I realized that the one-hour-a-day requirement sometimes prevents me from even starting, as I don't have an hour every day.

I am resuming the practice, with variable time. This is a practice of spontaneous action with the intention of letting my highest purpose / self choosing the concrete actions. I am inspired to also add information of these actions' consequences, as in how I felt, and what resulted.

Behavioral Problems = Legitimate Conflict

A sentence from Unconditional Parenting:

Norman Kunc, who conducts workshops on inclusive education and noncoercive practices, points out that, "what we call "behavioral problems" are often situations of legitimate conflict; we just get to call them behavioral problems because we have more power" than children do.

This sentence encompasses the truth that for century humankind has been domesticating its young like wild animals, often believing that the docility signifying braking the animal's spirit is a sign of respect or appreciation.

Human children are born as warriors, living with their lives on the line from day one, commanding the universe to meet their needs and desires.

Dance day

Danced with openness to surprise, intention to surrender.