Cultural Sculpture
Cultural Sculpture: Exploring Mind/Body/Spirit Connections in the Labodytory presented by Sara Schneider, National-Louis University, Chicago
This workshop introduces participants to body-mind-spirit reconciliation and to the thoughtful encounters with cultural others embodied by the Cultural Sculpture Project, a professional development model that helps Chicago Public School teachers draw on their own body-based critical intelligence in their classrooms to teach their students experientially about global cultures. Together we'll engage in bodily awareness exercises; critical kinesthetic simulation and analysis, on our feet, of cross-cultural experiences of otherness; and reflective writing inspired by these movement experiences.
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DANCING WITH DEATH
I danced with Death this weekend.
She surprised me with her Beauty.
With flawless white hair
and glimmering eyes,
she gently stalked her prey.
Feet barely touching the floor,
Death seduced me into the Dance.
At first, I balked,
but soon gave in.
Mimicking her moves unwillingly
just to keep my distance.
I tired easily,
and collapsed to the floor,
Curled myself into
the tightest ball I could,
hoping Death would move on.
Silence. I dared a peek
and thinking Death had left the room
I slowly stood,
ready to make a run for it.
But then, I turned,
She’d been there all along.
Her eyes enticed me, once again,
but wouldn’t let me go.
I couldn’t break the grip
and so gave in, slowly
sliding to the floor this time.
Death, too gave in and
followed me. Together
we lay with arms and legs
enfolded. Sleep, sweet sleep
took us both away.
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