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The Cosmic Ski Dance
to ski Who doesn't want to ski to be inside the body not somewhere beside it to feel the arms and legs cold and clean in the clear chill air like on wings, as though every limb were for a moment free of gravity out of the world - the body, majestic planet reeling in its own soft sparkle Who doesn't want to ski to let the body go gracefully mad to fall into the snow as though from the peaks -every muscle a feather every three feathers a bird every bird bald blind and falling as though the fall itself were skiing as if the snow were a cushion of air a wind holding you up -as though in motion the body is a leaf is a new fabric better than feathers a part of the snow Who doesn't want to remember the feet to wash them in snow to feel gravity's tireless kiss bringing you back pulling you in as if there were only you and the slope and the snow were the whole and the body were our small soul on skis as it breathes -as though breathing were skiing and skiing were living and living was enough. Who doesn't want to ski? ( I paraphrased this from Timothy S. Seibles, who apparently didn't know land-locked dance was a sorry extension of the cosmic dance that is skiing when he wrote his version.) |
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The Cosmic Ski Dance
On Oct 1, 11:31*am, lal_truckee wrote:
to ski Who doesn't want to ski to be inside the body not somewhere beside it to feel the arms and legs cold and clean in the clear chill air like on wings, as though every limb were for a moment free of gravity out of the world - the body, majestic planet reeling in its own soft sparkle Who doesn't want to ski to let the body go gracefully mad to fall into the snow as though from the peaks -every muscle a feather every three feathers a bird every bird bald blind and falling as though the fall itself were skiing as if the snow were a cushion of air a wind holding you up -as though in motion the body is a leaf is a new fabric better than feathers a part of the snow Who doesn't want to remember the feet to wash them in snow to feel gravity's tireless kiss bringing you back pulling you in as if there were only you and the slope and the snow were the whole and the body were our small soul on skis as it breathes -as though breathing were skiing and skiing were living and living was enough. Who doesn't want to ski? ( I paraphrased this from Timothy S. Seibles, who apparently didn't know land-locked dance was a sorry extension of the cosmic dance that is skiing when he wrote his version.) Nice. Will you get your doctorate for this? |
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The Cosmic Ski Dance
On Oct 1, 11:31 am, lal_truckee wrote:
to ski Who doesn't want to ski to be inside the body not somewhere beside it to feel the arms and legs cold and clean in the clear chill air like on wings, as though every limb were for a moment free of gravity out of the world - the body, majestic planet reeling in its own soft sparkle Who doesn't want to ski to let the body go gracefully mad to fall into the snow as though from the peaks -every muscle a feather every three feathers a bird every bird bald blind and falling as though the fall itself were skiing as if the snow were a cushion of air a wind holding you up -as though in motion the body is a leaf is a new fabric better than feathers a part of the snow Who doesn't want to remember the feet to wash them in snow to feel gravity's tireless kiss bringing you back pulling you in as if there were only you and the slope and the snow were the whole and the body were our small soul on skis as it breathes -as though breathing were skiing and skiing were living and living was enough. Who doesn't want to ski? Well, I had these two nice kiddos, about 10~11 y-o, straight A students, and never-ever skiers a few years ago. Smart kids, learned fast too; at the end of the two hours lesson, they can linked wedge turn down the bunny hill. And they were also seemed enjoyed. So, I related these information to their parents. Their parents seemed even more excited so they suggested to the boys to stay over Tahoe(!) one more night and take another lesson the next day before going home. But the boys said, no, they've got homework to do.(!???) Good kids? ( I paraphrased this from Timothy S. Seibles, who apparently didn't know land-locked dance was a sorry extension of the cosmic dance that is skiing when he wrote his version.) Nevertheless, "and skiing were living and living was enough." And that's good enough for me, snowbender |
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The Cosmic Ski Dance
On Oct 2, 7:52*am, snowbender wrote:
On Oct 1, 11:31 am, lal_truckee wrote: to ski Who doesn't want to ski to be inside the body not somewhere beside it to feel the arms and legs cold and clean in the clear chill air like on wings, as though every limb were for a moment free of gravity out of the world - the body, majestic planet reeling in its own soft sparkle Who doesn't want to ski to let the body go gracefully mad to fall into the snow as though from the peaks -every muscle a feather every three feathers a bird every bird bald blind and falling as though the fall itself were skiing as if the snow were a cushion of air a wind holding you up -as though in motion the body is a leaf is a new fabric better than feathers a part of the snow Who doesn't want to remember the feet to wash them in snow to feel gravity's tireless kiss bringing you back pulling you in as if there were only you and the slope and the snow were the whole and the body were our small soul on skis as it breathes -as though breathing were skiing and skiing were living and living was enough. Who doesn't want to ski? Well, I had these two nice kiddos, about 10~11 y-o, straight A students, and never-ever skiers a few years ago. Smart kids, learned fast too; at the end of the two hours lesson, they can linked wedge turn down the bunny hill. And they were also seemed enjoyed. So, I related these information to their parents. Their parents seemed even more excited so they suggested to the boys to stay over Tahoe(!) one more night and take another lesson the next day before going home. But the boys said, no, they've got homework to do.(!???) Good kids? It loks like given the option of another day with you, or a day of homework, they took the choice most of us would have taken. ( I paraphrased this from Timothy S. Seibles, who apparently didn't know land-locked dance was a sorry extension of the cosmic dance that is skiing when he wrote his version.) Nevertheless, "and skiing were living *and living was enough." And that's good enough for me, snowbender |
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The Cosmic Ski Dance
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, snowbender wrote: Well, I had these two nice kiddos, about 10~11 y-o, straight A students, and never-ever skiers a few years ago. Smart kids, learned fast too; at the end of the two hours lesson, they can linked wedge turn down the bunny hill. And they were also seemed enjoyed. So, I related these information to their parents. Their parents seemed even more excited so they suggested to the boys to stay over Tahoe(!) one more night and take another lesson the next day before going home. But the boys said, no, they've got homework to do.(!???) Good kids? No, SMART kids. Thanks for the hilarious story. |
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The Cosmic Ski Dance
On Oct 2, 9:05 am, Richard Henry wrote:
On Oct 2, 7:52 am, snowbender wrote: Well, I had these two nice kiddos, about 10~11 y-o, straight A students, and never-ever skiers a few years ago. Smart kids, learned fast too; at the end of the two hours lesson, they can linked wedge turn down the bunny hill. And they were also seemed enjoyed. So, I related these information to their parents. Their parents seemed even more excited so they suggested to the boys to stay over Tahoe(!) one more night and take another lesson the next day before going home. But the boys said, no, they've got homework to do.(!???) Good kids? It loks like given the option of another day with you, or a day of homework, they took the choice most of us would have taken. Given the option, do you really take doing the homework over skiing? And another question just pops up in my mind, have you gappers ever praised someone's skiing on this forum? When and who? snowbender |
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The Cosmic Ski Dance
On Oct 2, 10:51*am, snowbender
wrote: On Oct 2, 9:05 am, Richard Henry wrote: On Oct 2, 7:52 am, snowbender wrote: Well, I had these two nice kiddos, about 10~11 y-o, straight A students, and never-ever skiers a few years ago. Smart kids, learned fast too; at the end of the two hours lesson, they can linked wedge turn down the bunny hill. And they were also seemed enjoyed. So, I related these information to their parents. Their parents seemed even more excited so they suggested to the boys to stay over Tahoe(!) one more night and take another lesson the next day before going home. But the boys said, no, they've got homework to do.(!???) Good kids? It loks like given the option of another day with you, or a day of homework, they took the choice most of us would have taken. Given the option, do you really take doing the homework over skiing? And another question just pops up in my mind, have you gappers ever praised someone's skiing on this forum? When and who? snowbender Skiing over homework. Homework over Tai Chi skiing. |
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The Cosmic Ski Dance
On Oct 2, 11:21 am, Richard Henry wrote:
On Oct 2, 10:51 am, snowbender wrote: On Oct 2, 9:05 am, Richard Henry wrote: On Oct 2, 7:52 am, snowbender wrote: Well, I had these two nice kiddos, about 10~11 y-o, straight A students, and never-ever skiers a few years ago. Smart kids, learned fast too; at the end of the two hours lesson, they can linked wedge turn down the bunny hill. And they were also seemed enjoyed. So, I related these information to their parents. Their parents seemed even more excited so they suggested to the boys to stay over Tahoe(!) one more night and take another lesson the next day before going home. But the boys said, no, they've got homework to do.(!???) Good kids? It loks like given the option of another day with you, or a day of homework, they took the choice most of us would have taken. Given the option, do you really take doing the homework over skiing? And another question just pops up in my mind, have you gappers ever praised someone's skiing on this forum? When and who? snowbender Skiing over homework. Homework over Tai Chi skiing. That's incredible. So you gappers never did praise any other people's skiing on this forum? Wow, what a conceited bunch. snowbender |
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The Cosmic Ski Dance
On Oct 2, 12:11*pm, snowbender
wrote: On Oct 2, 11:21 am, Richard Henry wrote: On Oct 2, 10:51 am, snowbender wrote: On Oct 2, 9:05 am, Richard Henry wrote: On Oct 2, 7:52 am, snowbender wrote: Well, I had these two nice kiddos, about 10~11 y-o, straight A students, and never-ever skiers a few years ago. Smart kids, learned fast too; at the end of the two hours lesson, they can linked wedge turn down the bunny hill. And they were also seemed enjoyed. So, I related these information to their parents. Their parents seemed even more excited so they suggested to the boys to stay over Tahoe(!) one more night and take another lesson the next day before going home.. But the boys said, no, they've got homework to do.(!???) Good kids? It loks like given the option of another day with you, or a day of homework, they took the choice most of us would have taken. Given the option, do you really take doing the homework over skiing? And another question just pops up in my mind, have you gappers ever praised someone's skiing on this forum? When and who? snowbender Skiing over homework. *Homework over Tai Chi skiing. That's incredible. So you gappers never did praise any other people's skiing on this forum? Wow, what a conceited bunch. snowbender I have learned your method of answering a different question than the one that was last asked. |
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The Cosmic Ski Dance
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, snowbender wrote: On Oct 2, 9:05 am, Richard Henry wrote: On Oct 2, 7:52 am, snowbender wrote: Well, I had these two nice kiddos, about 10~11 y-o, straight A students, and never-ever skiers a few years ago. Smart kids, learned fast too; at the end of the two hours lesson, they can linked wedge turn down the bunny hill. And they were also seemed enjoyed. So, I related these information to their parents. Their parents seemed even more excited so they suggested to the boys to stay over Tahoe(!) one more night and take another lesson the next day before going home. But the boys said, no, they've got homework to do.(!???) Good kids? It loks like given the option of another day with you, or a day of homework, they took the choice most of us would have taken. Given the option, do you really take doing the homework over skiing? No. Which makes one wonder why they did. There was one other factor in that choice, wasn't there? It was homework over skiing another day with *you*. And another question just pops up in my mind, have you gappers ever praised someone's skiing on this forum? When and who? snowbender -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg |
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