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Are You Still Immersed In The Process? How Content Culture Can Cap The Artist

 It felt so good to move, undulate, and slide into a deep second position to recoil into a contorted contraction. It truly felt like breathing. Surely, I adore codified technique. However, taking a contemporary class last night taught me way more than I bargained for. Get out of your headspace, get out of the mirror, ditch the "content concept" and just dance. I reckon that is my honest thesis. I felt like Jodie (without my Cooper) as I whisked across the floor. Throughout class I thought about the likes and wisdom of dancers like Robert Battle and Matthew Rushing. While dancing, I recalled both of their sentiments that included abandon and connection (to the floor, to the movement, to the work...) while dancing. Truly, I felt that. Suddenly, I am met with a challenge. Maybe it's culture or maybe its Maybeli — nope! It's definitely culture.  For about one minute, I wrestled with walking off of the floor, grabbing my phone, finding a proper angle to record, propping...
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You Will Embrace This New You

 Something wonderful happens once you recognize who you are and show up as that person in every situation. There are many people who receive their identities from various places and things. I however, have found who I am in Jesus Christ. One of the main things I enjoy about Jesus is that He is constant and constantly moving. Therefore, when I plug in with Him I place myself on a sure track of ascension, acceleration and upgrade. It is inevitable. Yesterday before getting my dance day started I was encouraged by passages of scripture found in 2 Peter 2:9 and 2 Timothy 2:20-21. These verses hi-lighted that I am God's personal possession and because I choose daily to live by The Spirit, cleansing myself from dishonorable things, I have positioned myself to be used as a vessel of honor. Taking on this role ensures that I have also been prepared for every good work. My success(in this particular instance) is advantageous and is biblically aligned to be a result of my decision to live righteously. Nothing besides being called of God, chosen and prepared for every good work qualifies me for what I do and am going to do. I present no assumption that includes laziness because I know that God Himself will command a blessing on the works of my hands. In every situation I can show up as who I truly. And who I am cannot be defined nor undefined by anyone or any challenge. Tried and true and built to last.

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