READING ART

THE WAVE (Front)

White Italian Marble, 17.5 x 25.25x 18 inches

THE WAVE (back)

White Italian Marble, 17.5 x 25.25 x 18 inches

Breaking Waves and Breaking

Two recent categories of competitive sports at this year's Olympics captured the attention of millions of curious viewers: Surfing and Breaking.

In both categories, the participants compete as individuals, dependent on their skills and training. However only one of the categories is presented with an element that the participant has NO control over - the weather!

Surfing is done on/in the ocean. The ocean is a dynamic, living thing that changes along with the weather. Bad weather. No surfing. Breaking, on the other hand, though a very public sport which began on the streets, can easily move indoors during bad weather.

However, let's not let a little thing like weather keep us from enjoying these two sports. When both are performed, in optimum environments, they mesmerize viewers with their tantalizing skills and derring-do.

WISDOM OF THE WAVES AND WAVES OF THE BODY.

Both sports can be metaphors for life – full of valuable lessons to be learned, on the ocean or on the sidewalk. Both require balance – staying centered and composed – while maintaining absolute attention to ones ever changing relationship to their environment. Adaptability if a must. Both can benefit from a “trust your gut” intuitiveness when it comes to making decisions quickly – almost without thinking - a kind of body memory.