> Patience for Change

I read the New York Times front section last night, cover to cover practically. I stopped to close my eyes and pray in between articles- for Iraqi people, for our government, for Mrs. Edwards and her family. I was entranced, had to keep reading, each new headline enticed me.

Afterwards, on the phone with Joel I just realized how much despair I felt with/at/because of the world.

This morning I am left with that gnawing, what am I doing, what can I do. In reading The Patience to Win by Eisha Mason (part of the book Stop the Next War Now) I am reminded of what is accomplished. I was egged into remembering that it takes fortitude and longevity for change, and always has. Martin Luther King, Jr. is quoted and he, of all speakers, inspires me the most. I felt the tears in my throat as I read this to my mother on the phone.

"I come to say to you: however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because truth crushed to earth will rise again. How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever. How long? Not long, because you shall reap what you sow. How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

> Place vs. Site-specific

Hello. I've been thinking about the word Site and how I and collaborators use it in our dance making/performing. I think Site indicates that the location is defined by the dance itself. Site is a place something happens.
After reflection, I think using the word Place is more appropriate and respectful to the environment. After all, a location/place/site exists long before and long after the dance is performed. Site, seems a bit demeaning, to define a location in nature in relation to something we would do. The word Place holds for me, a sense of fullness, an awareness of the independent life of the Place.
What do you think?