This book by performance artist and teacher Wise is delightful, and I count it as one of the more influential books in my life right now. The subtitle sums it up: “self-expression and spiritual practice for those who have time for neither.” I’ve always thought of my creativity as being bound up in words until a few years ago when I “discovered” collaging, and I then extended it to art. Through Wise’s teaching, I have now extended it further, to movement and singing as well. She delves into each topic and accompanies her teaching with practices to implement as the reader chooses. In Chapter Two, “Something in the Way We Move—Rediscovering the Body,” I learned how to Tree Dance, and in Chapter Three, “To Sing Like a River—Opening the Voice,” I learned to sing (off-key) even when I don’t know the words. Besides, how can one NOT love a book with a title that opens up a big new free happy unusual life?
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