mirrors

not as it seems

陶藝- tw ceramics- 1

batch number 1 of jiling's taiwan ceramics has been made, glazed, and fired! 

基玲第一道台灣陶藝品出來了！

sprouts and spices

there's something magical about sprouting beans and then eating them (jiling sprouts, mama arranges)

and it's really super lovely having my own spice collection (no matter how small) for the first time in my life

好喜愛發豆芽， 與吃自己發的新鮮豆芽！

也好開心有自己的香料！ 這是一輩子來的第一次有自己的香料！（但是離開美國以前， 都採自己的藥草。。。 想念那些日子！又要開始咯！）

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. love . gratitude . presence .

故宮博物院跟媽媽和奶奶

today's expedition!- taiwan national palace museum with mama and nainai grannie

pain- 疼痛

better out than in

issues in the tissues 

expression

sorrow? prevalent. everyone. 

pain? 

don't ask me why

this is part of life 

阿媽生日- matriarch grandma ama's birthday... almost 80!

楊家團圓！！！ ：）

my mama's side of the family 

flight happens

飛， 吧！

body language

how do i take a simple movement and make it authentically my own, infuse it with meaning and emotion. a simple step can be infused with love, hatred, sadness... anything. teacher is giving us all the same choreography to infuse with the meaning of four lines from a poem of our choice. how do i fuse my body with the music so that there is no separation between music and jiling. my dance is the music, is my body. how do i establish rapport with each new partner i dance with. we all know the same choreography but express it in different ways. how do i remain patient with both myself and others as our expressions push against each other. how do i be less self critical in front of the mirror, and authentically say a loving "thank you" to my body as we pat ourselves down at the end of each class. teacher says that pain is good. he says is a certain movement gives us pain, then keep on doing that movement until the pain leaves. he says that if there is pain, then it means we need to keep on doing it. there is an obvious feeling between good pain and bad pain, and i feel like i can push myself more. i don't yet know my body's limits, but i do know that i am growing marshmallow soft here in the big city, and i don't like it. i feel most alive when i am getting lost in the mountains, clambering up big rocks, sloshing about barefoot and sticky in mud, following all the mnyriad patterns and twists of rivers and waterfalls, and carefully poking my way through bamboo forests filled with spikes and snakes. how do i place this passion and life-force into my body expression? am choreographing a five minute dance piece that i want to be fully infused with jiling life energy, desert energy, forest energy, and a story that everyone can identify with.