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Dance Portrait:

          As I begin to curl down to the ground, you intervene, scooping me up on your hip. Now hanging off your haunches by my waist, my fingertips graze the floor. When I travel to a foreign land I encourage my habitual cultural norms to rest. The rules of engagement are different here. I seek a state where I’m tolerant, perceptive, and open minded, while maintaining some autonomy of self.
           I endeavor to bring this cultural openness to each dance partner. Every person is a fragment. Each time we pilgrimage to dance with another, our place in the larger mosaic becomes more clear. When you and I rub shoulders, press torsos, lean heads, glance fingertips, we take the chance that our perceptions of the world will change.