<x-html><!x-stuff-for-pete base="" src="" id="0" charset=""><html> High, Jodi!<br> <br> As an African-Brazilian griot (dancer/storyteller/performance artist), and presently "playing the role of Fulbright Scholar/Artist-in-Residence at Penn State Altoona" where I Am developing a dancetheater play called I AM A COSMIC RAINBOW, I'd dare say I know what you're talking about!<br> <br> Let's keep in touch!<br> <br> Zen<br> <br> <a href="http://www.geocities.com/mssilvazenaide" eudora="autourl">http://www.geocities.com/mssilvazenaide><br> <br> Ms. Zenaide Silva <br> Fulbright Scholar / Artist-in-Residence <br> Zen & the Art of Movement <br> Integrative Arts B.A. <br> Pennsylvania State University - Altoona<br> 101L Elm Bldg. <br> Office # (814) 949-5446 <br> E-mail: zcs1@psu.edu <br> <font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://www.aa.psu.edu/zen" eudora="autourl">http://www.aa.psu.edu/zen><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </font></u>At 02:16 PM 12/13/00 -0800, Jody John Ramey wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite><blockquote type=cite cite>> Dance is a different means of communication from our standard<br> > verbal form, relaying higher-order emotions and feelings,<br> <br> (i) How is verbal communication "standard"?</blockquote><br> What I meant when I wrote the comment you are referring to is that the majority of all idea exchange in "Joe Blow's" life occurs in verbal interaction. Yes, much non-verbal activity takes place when two people are talking, but it is different from the non-verbal activity of dance.<br> <br> <blockquote type=cite cite>(ii) How is dance "higher-order"? What is a "higher-order feeling"?</blockquote><br> How I define higher-order is something beyond who we are in the moment. <br> Yes, it is touchy thing to make comments regarding the metaphysical in such an environment as this, because clear, concrete, all-encompassing definitions are impossible when you are relaying thoughts on the non-tangible. If it were possible, people would have stopped their attempts to define G-d, love, faith, and many other things long ago.<br> <br> Peace<br> <br> Jody<br> <br> #############################################<br> <br> The disputants did not on this occasion send#<br> <br> to me for an opinion on this perplexing #<br> <br> question. Had they done so I should have #<br> <br> decided without a moment's hesitation that #<br> <br> the position of Mr. Cooper was the correct #<br> <br> one, according to the usages of nations, #<br> <br> whatever may be the relative rank in #<br> <br> republics as between the executive and #<br> <br> judicial departments. But it would seem from#<br> <br> this second occurrence that the passion for #<br> <br> dignity and place is not confined to courts #<br> <br> of royalty or to those who sustain them. #<br> <br> ###### (Hawaii's Story--Liliuokalani) #######<br> <br> _____________________________________________________________________________________<br> Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href="http://explorer.msn.com/" eudora="autourl">http://explorer.msn.com><br> <br> </blockquote></html> </x-html>
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