by Cheryl Pallant | Mar 27, 2013 | Buddhism, contact improvisation, dance, poetry, somatic practice
Begun in Australia, The Next Big Thing is a campaign that has spread around the world. Authors answer several questions that introduce their next project. Then they tag another author to do the same, a type of web chain mail. I’ve been tagged by poet Joe Harrington....
by Cheryl Pallant | Aug 18, 2012 | performance
What is it about elevators that so disembodies us? We step into a small room and are whisked to new elevations which alters our attitude and usual signs of vitality. Our personalities pale, conversation halts, all movement abates. We enter a type of hibernation, our...
by Cheryl Pallant | Feb 28, 2012 | body awareness, creative writing, somatics, Writing From the Body
You master an important initial step when you sit at your desk to write: showing up. Positioning yourself at the desk conveys an intent to commit words to the page. Manifesting the intent should follow, but for some of us, that next step can be tricky. We may get...
by Cheryl Pallant | Dec 15, 2011 | embodiment, somatic practice
We breath. We step. We touch. Ponder these activities. Each is essential to vitality and defines who we are. Breath maintains body function. Steps move us through time and space. We cross thresholds in reach of Other through touch. Do we breathe within an isolated...
by Cheryl Pallant | May 21, 2011 | body awareness, breath, embodiment
One of my ongoing favorite quotes comes from a James Joyce short story, “A Painful Case.” The first line reads, “Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.” I place the quote at the top of my Writing From the Body syllabus, its premise...
