Life is only as serious as you make it?

[flexagon]

It's been hard lately to come up with words that fit both my life and the internet. Feeling like this guy as often as I do is probably unwarranted. It seems sometimes like all you guys have stories while I'm just hanging on, or waiting something out, or ploddingly trying to do the next thing that needs doing.

This morning heisenbug wanted to go to Artbeat, and art love won out over minimalism love: I am plus one crazy alien garden ring. This picture doesn't show how far up the tallest flower grows from the hand... it's not a small or shy piece. I love things that take me just the right amount out of my comfort zone. Luckily, I have one finger that can comfortably wear it: the finger that is already accustomed to my big, chunky class ring from MIT.



Also, today my favorite (acro) base came over to my place and we practiced acroyoga stuff that's right on the edge of what we can do together, and I did some extemporaneous cooking that came out okay. Confidence-inspiring stuff, though also dishes-producing.

Comments

[nevers.livejournal.com]

very cool ring, and also awesome for getting to fly with your favorite base and push your limits, plus awesome to do some on-the-fly cooking!

[nahele-101.livejournal.com]

It seems to me that you are doing a bunch of self work lately and enjoying things. You are showing off your hard work and effort from acroyoga, putting into practice a philosophy you found, and moving forward.

You appear pretty productive and forward moving to me!

[a-kosmos.livejournal.com]

Great ring!

[flexagon]

you're right! I am seriously too hard on myself / my life sometimes.

We're working on this very long flow, in case you're interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPizN-n7XtI

We have most of it but not all. The transition from 4:33 to 4:45 is insanely hard for both flyer and base.

Also from 5:51 to 6:04.

[nevers.livejournal.com]

oh my god, that's awesome! look what people are doing with acroyoga! i had no idea!! there is a ton of stuff in that i haven't even seen before, like a lot of the balances on only feet or only hands. also i recently thought i was badass just for basing laura from bat up to shoulderstand/star (i had never done that with a flyer before). and you are doing all this!!!!

i think that bit at 6:00 is hideous, though.... but it could probably be done with less of a sense of nosedive, with enough hard work :).

[flexagon]

Thank you for the positive perspective. It's really all true except the "enjoying things" part, and that is mostly because of work stuff that I didn't mention.

I'll be able to come out of the closet on that stuff soon. :)

[flexagon]

Yes, the people in the video (I know the flyer) can barely do some of it. And I don't like how 6:00 looks either, but I do wish I could do it. :D

Glad to expand your view of acroyoga!! Basing the step-up from bat to shoulderstand/star is badass (nice job!) and is also a gateway to the twistier transitions. My new favorite one is from bird/airplane up to shoulderstand/star. It's like half a barrel roll plus that step-up at the same time, and Steph and I really got the hang of it yesterday.

I forgot to mention I am going to apply for an acrobatics immersion in NYC from Dec 4 - 8. Assuming they'll accept me, I hope to see you and do some playing!

[flexagon]

Thanks. I knew you'd be in favor of bold accessorizing. :)

Here's another view I just took that shows how the "flowers" are at different heights.



P.S. Thanks also for the rock-balancing icon... I think you were my source for that.

[nevers.livejournal.com]

i don't know, if those two can do the whole 6-minute piece without falling in a single take and with no spotters, i wouldn't say they can barely do! i'm impressed.

this makes me think maybe i should ditch the whole pro-acrobat thing and just do more acroyoga. basing acroyoga is not too taxing (tiring on the legs, and challenging for sure, but the fact that you are lying down helps a lot, at least mentally) and doesn't make you dizzy, and it doesn't matter how much you weigh, and there are cool readymade sequences like this that you can learn, and do i really need to perform ever, when working with a partner to accomplish this kind of stuff is pretty satisfying in its own right?

then i looked at the original yogaslackers video and was like, owww, my eyes, all those untutored bent legs and floppy feet... but i could get over being a snob (maybe).

i think i'll email my friend who's an acroyoga teacher in nyc and ask her where i'd find the high-level acroyoga folks in nyc. there are so many classes here now and i have a great fear of paying good money to do airplanes all class.

and i'd love to hang out with you and play while you are in town!

[flexagon]

Oh, they are good, no doubt! I just noticed a few poses they don't hold for long, etc.

Acroyoga definitely has possibilities for non-dizzymaking awesomeness (and my favorite base is a very heavy girl, btw, and she still gets to be awesome). I think the high-level people hang at Om Factory; that's where the retreat is and, I think, where Adam Rinder is based right now; but let me know if you hear anything different.

[a-kosmos.livejournal.com]

That is a fantastic ring! It reminds me a little of sunflowers and Allen Ginsberg's "Sunflower" poem.

Glad you like the icon!

[nevers.livejournal.com]

fyi, i was told
come to Fri www.omfactorynyc.com or TUESDAY Pure Yoga West www.pureyoga.com, and yes, the jams