{"id":2116,"date":"2019-09-03T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christowski.de\/blog\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2022-11-15T20:36:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:36:52","slug":"flying-low-passing-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christowski.de\/blog\/2019\/09\/flying-low-passing-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Low & Passing Through"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Flying Low is a contemporary dance technique, developed by David Zambrano. It focusses on the body as a spiral: A constant exchange of collecting and releasing tension lets the dancer move upwards and downwards, high and low, always rotating. It\u2019s an intense technique \u2013\u00a0watch it here<\/a>\u00a0(but don\u2019t try it at home).<\/p>\n

It also describes my past month\u2019s mood fairly well. The idea of gathering and sending, that the technique promotes, actually sounds like a common creative practice: You look at things, absorb them, and then you process them, work with them, and make something new out of them. Pretty straight forward.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019ve been struggling with that lately. Last month was quite exhausting: I took time for personal work, but it never really\u00a0worked<\/em>. I was discontent, the outcome was never good enough, yada yada, you know how it goes. But I always needed that \u201cfix\u201d of pushing it out to the world. I\u00a0needed<\/em>\u00a0to publish something; to show something. It was almost like everything I made only had a right to be made and exist if it was out there. But showing my work was not the release I was hoping for, it just made the tension bigger. I didn\u2019t know what to do.<\/p>\n

~ Brief\u00a0pause, deep breath, building up tension ~<\/em><\/p>\n

And I still don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

I wish I was able to tell you how I solved the creative block, but I haven\u2019t yet. It\u2019s been about four weeks, and by now, I just focus on passing through it \u2013 by simply not doing anything. And actually, as\u00a0I recently discovered\u00a0fun<\/em>\u00a0activities<\/a>\u00a0outside of work for me, it might not be that hard after all.<\/p>\n

Here is a jumbled list of things I\u2019ve done, read and learned:<\/p>\n

\u25cf I learned that the term \u201cCarpe Diem\u201d doesn\u2019t translate to \u201cSeize the day\u201d, but rather to \u201cPluck the day\u201d (\u201c\u2026 evoking the plucking and gathering of ripening fruits or flowers, enjoying a moment that is rooted in the sensory experience of nature\u201d), which is beautiful and reduces the anxiety to getting stuff done.\u00a0Here\u2019s the article about it.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25cf\u00a0I am going to dance classes again, after I stopped for almost two years. Not to practice Flying Low (I have enough spiraling and gathering and sending struggles in my life already), but just to get moving again. It\u2019s fun. If your mind is stuck, moving is a good idea.<\/p>\n

\u25cf\u00a0I need a book shelf! If you have recommendations for beautifully designed shelves, I\u2019d be grateful if you shared them with me. Instagram aggressively advertised\u00a0this Italian shelving system<\/a>\u00a0to me, which I love (it has all the good stuff: wood and metal drawers and mustard colors), and of course it\u2019s extraordinarily expensive.<\/p>\n

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When the weather gets colder, swallows tend to lower their flight level. For September, I might stick to that mode, too; flying low, just passing through it. However high your level for September might be: Please pass through it safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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