Thu Aug 9, 2007, 2:10 AM

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I myself have nothing new to show, but I have recently come across some lovely things:


Rizal Revisited/Double Takes performance at CCP this weekend. Which means it's production week at Ballet Philippines. Which means I have to miss school all this week. And yet God is good: it's raining in torrents outside, the wind is blowing mercilessly, and classes at school for all levels have been canceled.

"Dance like it's your last day on earth," he tells me. But it's not so easy. Then again, I'm not saying I didn't know it was going to be hard. Yet I have big enough dreams to blind and shield my eyes from their negativity; they can't infect me with their shallow thinking and neglect for their own creativity. I remember promising myself that, instead of moping around and complaining about the deadness and lack of enthusiasm and honesty in this place, I will myself be the life and energy and integrity that I keep searching for -- and then hope that they see and appreciate what I'm giving, and that they take it and use it.

At LINES in san francisco, July 2007

The knowledge that I will dance there again -- go back to that place of truth and art that feeds my soul -- will keep me sane for another year.