The dream has begun. Walking through long white corridors. Propelled forward by destination. My mind shrouded in a sleepless haze, I step dazed, I float, I glide, My eyes, my ears, catch note of the polyglot melody enlacing me, tracing me. Languages, some recognized, others not...<< MORE >>

Independence, Missouri, currently a suburb of Kansas City, MO, was home to Joseph Smith and other members of the Church of Later Day Saints, who declared the area "New Jerusalem" in 1831. Due to tension with non-Later Day Saint residents, Joseph Smith and crew were expelled from the state a few years later. It was also home to former president, Harry S. Truman. And, finally it is home to Debbie's Diner, which I made a pilgrimage to on Thursday June 21st, 2007. (Actually I just went there to have breakfast with my mother and cousin.) Here are some photos and a poem inspired by the local...

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After teaching a contact improv workshop at South Side Dance Force in May, I realized how much it would have helped the students to have had a better visual image of what they were working on and working towards. I therefore, put together the following video: << MORE >>