Blue Sky Body

Author : Ben Spatz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780429881770

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Blue Sky Body by Ben Spatz Pdf

Blue Sky Body: Thresholds for Embodied Research is the follow-up to Ben Spatz's 2015 book What a Body Can Do, charting a course through more than twenty years of embodied, artistic, and scholarly research. Emerging from the confluence of theory and practice, this book combines full-length critical essays with a kaleidoscopic selection of fragments from journal entries, performance texts, and other unpublished materials to offer a series of entry points organized by seven keywords: city, song, movement, theater, sex, document, politics. Brimming with thoughtful and sometimes provocative takes on embodiment, technology, decoloniality, the university, and the politics of knowledge, the work shared here models the integration of artistic and embodied research with critical thought, opening new avenues for transformative action and experimentation. Invaluable to scholars and practitioners working through and beyond performance, Blue Sky Body is both an unconventional introduction to embodied research and a methodological intervention at the edges of contemporary theory.

Author : Timothy Knatchbull
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504089326

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From a Clear Blue Sky by Timothy Knatchbull Pdf

The prize-winning, “exceptionally moving” memoir of a family boat trip, an IRA bombing, and a teenager’s loss of his twin brother (The Telegraph). Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Award Winner and PEN/JR Ackerley Prize Nominee On an August weekend in 1979, fourteen-year-old Timothy Knatchbull joined his family on a boat trip off the shore of Mullaghmore in County Sligo, Ireland. By noon, an Irish Republican Army bomb had destroyed the boat, leaving four dead. The author survived, but his grandparents, family friend, and twin brother did not. Lord Mountbatten, his grandfather, was the target, and became one of the IRA’s most high-profile assassinations. Knatchbull and his parents were too badly injured to attend the funerals of those killed, which only intensified their profound sense of loss. Telling this story decades later, Knatchbull not only revisits these terrible events but also writes an intensely personal account of human triumph over tragedy—a story of recovery not just from physical wounds but deep emotional trauma. From a Clear Blue Sky takes place in Ireland at the height of the Troubles and gives compelling insight into that period of Irish history. But more importantly, it brings home that while calamity can strike at any moment, the human spirit is able to forgive, to heal, and to move on. “A minute by minute story of what happened that day, and what happened afterwards.” —Daily Mail “This is an extremely moving book. Beyond providing a phenomenally detailed evocation of his own family’s trauma, Knatchbull has lots of wise things to say about how we survive horrors—of all kinds—in our lives.” — Zoë Heller, author of the Booker Prize finalist Notes on a Scandal “A very poignant, clearsighted, heartbreaking but ultimately positive account.” —Hugh Bonneville, The New York Times

Author : Bruce Kirkby
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781643135694

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Blue Sky Kingdom by Bruce Kirkby Pdf

A warm and unforgettable portrait of a family letting go of the known world to encounter an unfamiliar one filled with rich possibilities and new understandings. Bruce Kirkby had fallen into a pattern of looking mindlessly at his phone for hours, flipping between emails and social media, ignoring his children and wife and everything alive in his world, when a thought struck him. This wasn't living; this wasn't him. This moment of clarity started a chain reaction which ended with a grand plan: he was going to take his wife and two young sons, jump on a freighter and head for the Himalaya. In Blue Sky Kingdom, we follow Bruce and his family's remarkable three months journey, where they would end up living amongst the Lamas of Zanskar Valley, a forgotten appendage of the ancient Tibetan empire, and one of the last places on earth where Himalayan Buddhism is still practiced freely in its original setting. Richly evocative, Blue Sky Kingdom explores the themes of modern distraction and the loss of ancient wisdom coupled with Bruce coming to terms with his elder son's diagnosis on the Autism Spectrum. Despite the natural wonders all around them at times, Bruce's experience will strike a chord with any parent—from rushing to catch a train with the whole family to the wonderment and beauty that comes with experience the world anew with your children.

Author : Ben Spatz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317524717

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What a Body Can Do by Ben Spatz Pdf

In What a Body Can Do, Ben Spatz develops, for the first time, a rigorous theory of embodied technique as knowledge. He argues that viewing technique as both training and research has much to offer current debates over the role of practice in the university, including the debates around "practice as research." Drawing on critical perspectives from the sociology of knowledge, phenomenology, dance studies, enactive cognition, and other areas, Spatz argues that technique is a major area of historical and ongoing research in physical culture, performing arts, and everyday life.

Author : Jeff Kuhn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1544512317

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Blue Sky Lightning by Jeff Kuhn Pdf

"Jeff Kuhn survived the unthinkable: burns on over 80 percent of his body and a rare neurological muscular disease. Despite it all, Jeff found the courage to keep moving on. In Blue Sky Lightning, he shares his unbelievable journey through trauma and what those experiences taught him. You are not alone. Your mental fortitude is stronger than you think. Small victories make huge differences. Unconditional love lives in unexpected places (sometimes, even in non-human hearts). And, as long as the odds are not zero, you can win. Blue Sky Lightning is a beacon of hope for the hopeless, a call to share your own inspiring story, and proof that anyone can overcome even the most dire catastrophies." -- back cover.

Author : Don MacGregor
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781846949388

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Blue Sky God by Don MacGregor Pdf

Blue Sky God interprets some new scientific theories with blue sky thinking to bring radical insights into God, Jesus and humanity, drawing also on some deep wells from the past in the writings of the early Christians. In an accessible style, it looks at science research and theories in areas such as quantum physics and consciousness, epigenetics, morphic resonance and the zero point field. From there, seeing God as the compassionate consciousness at the ground of being, it draws together strands to do with unitive consciousness and the Wisdom way of the heart. Throughout, it seeks to encourage an evolution in understanding of the Christian message by reinterpreting much of the theological language and meaning that has become ‘orthodoxy’ in the West. In doing so, it challenges many of the standard assumptions of Western Christianity. It outlines a spiritual path that includes elements from all of the world's great religions, is not exclusive, and yet has a place of centrality for Jesus the Christ as a Wisdom teacher of the path of transformative love. ,

Author : Joseph Emet
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781101992364

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Finding the Blue Sky by Joseph Emet Pdf

Joseph Emet explores the intersection between Positive Psychology--the study of what makes people happy--and the ancient wisdom of Buddhism. Positive Psychology—with its focus not on mental "disease," but rather on what actually makes people happy—has revolutionized the way that we look at mental health. What many people don't realize, however, is that Positive Psychology is not as young a field of inquiry as we think. In fact, according to Joseph Emet, the original positive thinker was the Buddha himself. In this wise and inspiring book, Emet traces the fascinating intersection between the age-old wisdom of Buddhism and the latest scientific research into what makes people happy. In this book readers will discover: * How to replace negative thinking with positive thinking * How to move from frenzied thinking to quiet contemplation * The duty we have to others to live a happy life As Joseph explains in this work, the blue sky of happiness is found just beyond the grey clouds of sadness, everyday concerns, stress, or anxiety. Readers will find that the advice in this book can act as the gentle wind that clears those clouds away.

Author : Kuniko Tsurita
Publisher : Drawn and Quarterly
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1770463984

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The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud by Kuniko Tsurita Pdf

The work of a visionary and iconoclastic feminist cartoonist—available in English for the first time The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud collects the best short stories from Kuniko Tsurita’s remarkable career. While the works of her male peers in literary manga are widely reprinted, this formally ambitious and poetic female voice is like none other currently available to an English readership. A master of the comics form, expert pacing and compositions combined with bold characters are signature qualities of Tsurita's work. Tsurita’s early stories “Nonsense” and “Anti” provide a unique, intimate perspective on the bohemian culture and political heat of late 1960s and early ‘70s Tokyo. Her work gradually became darker and more surreal under the influence of modern French literature and her own prematurely failing health. As in works like “The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud” and “Max,” the gender of many of Tsurita's strong and sensual protagonists is ambiguous, marking an early exploration of gender fluidity. Late stories like "Arctic Cold" and "Flight" show the artist experimenting with more conventional narrative modes, though with dystopian themes that extend the philosophical interests of her early work. An exciting and essential gekiga collection, The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud is translated by the comics scholar Ryan Holmberg and includes an afterword cowritten by Holmberg and manga editor Mitsuhiro Asakawa delineating Tsurita's importance and historical relevance.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce. Subcommittee on H.R. 10598
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Securities
ISBN : LOC:00134424990

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Regulating Sale of Securities by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce. Subcommittee on H.R. 10598 Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Securities
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110728552

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Regulating Sale of Securities by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce Pdf

Author : Natasha Jennings
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504312998

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A Blue Sky by Natasha Jennings Pdf

A Blue Sky is an award-winning short story, but due to its content, it was denied publication. This short story, along with Natasha's collection written over a ten-year period, create a powerful and thought-provokingat times surprisingly funnyread.

Author : Jean Van Leeuwen
Publisher : Dial Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Divorce
ISBN : 0803719728

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Blue Sky, Butterfly by Jean Van Leeuwen Pdf

When her father leaves, Twig feels isolated from her older brother and her mother as they all try to cope with the change in their lives.

Author : Daniel Ambrose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 136764058X

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The Art of Daniel Ambrose by Daniel Ambrose Pdf

An intimate collection of insightful stories and inspiring artworks created during the aftermath of tumultuous personal events in the life of artist Daniel Ambrose.

Author : Madeleine May Kunin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1950584984

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Red Kite, Blue Sky by Madeleine May Kunin Pdf

Red Kite, Blue Sky, the debut poetry collection from Madeleine May Kunin, celebrates life and the natural world, occasioned by the birth of grand-children, the memories of friendship and past birthdays/Bar Mitzvahs, a gift of plum-colored gloves from the poet's daughter, the Sicilian sun which "melts my argument against myself," with sharp observations and humor. Like Emily Dickinson before her, Kunin does not shy away from death; rather she embraces the anticipation "before death drags me deep," the gap in her life when her beloved husband dies, the fear of immigration to America during World War II with "an H for Hebrew, I found out later," and the sadness of being isolated as an older woman living alone during the pandemic. For years Kunin was caught in the tempo of politics -- as governor, as a federal official, and as an ambassador -- but as she eased into retirement from public life, she found a door that opened for her to explore the multi-layered language of poetry.

Author : Timothy Knatchbull
Publisher : Random House
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407089263

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From A Clear Blue Sky by Timothy Knatchbull Pdf

Winner of the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Award, and nominated for the PEN/JR Ackerley prize. The powerful memoir of a Mullaghmore bombing survivor ___________________________________ On the August bank holiday weekend in 1979, 14-year-old Timothy Knatchbull went on a boat trip off the shore of Mullaghmore in County Sligo, Ireland, with many members of his family. By noon, an IRA bomb had destroyed the boat, leaving four dead. The author survived, but his grandparents, a family friend, and his 14-year-old twin brother did not. Lord Mountbatten, his grandfather - and uncle to the Duke of Edinburgh - was the target, and became one of the IRA's most high-profile assassinations. In telling this story for the first time, Knatchbull is not only revisiting the terrible events he and his family lived through, but also writing an intensely personal account of human triumph over tragedy. It is a story of recovery, not just from physical wounds but deep emotional trauma. Knatchbull and his parents were too badly injured to attend the funerals of those killed, a sadness that intensified their profound sense of loss. Taking place in Ireland at the height of the Troubles, it gives a compelling insight into that period of Irish history. But more importantly it brings home that although tragedy can strike at any moment, the human spirit is able to forgive, to heal and to move on. It will resonate with readers the world over. ___________________________________ 'From a Clear Blue Sky is a minute by minute story of what happened that day, and what happened afterwards. It is a proper four-hanky bawler, and the exactitude of the story is what makes it so moving ... He provides a convincing account of the extent to which he has been able to accept, forgive and move on. His narrative power is such that the reader can't always share his equanimity. It is a book that is as saddening as it is sad - but much more angering than it is angry' Daily Mail 'This is an extremely moving book. Beyond providing a phenomenally detailed evocation of his own family's trauma, Knatchbull has lots of wise things to say about how we survive horrors - of all kinds - in our lives. He writes with great tenderness and an admirable lack of sentimentality' Zoe Heller 'Affecting and intimate' Mail on Sunday 'Testament to a remarkable, benevolent soul ... With this public love letter he has found a way to say goodbye' The Sunday Times