by Deb Farris | May 13, 2018 | Family, Musings, Poetry
Like the new moon your face shines unseen. Your past now hidden in clouds of recollections. But as the sun streams through your smile in my dreams, you shatter the stars and light hearts for all eternity. Photos of my late parents by Janet Lew Carr at Danceworks...
by Deb Farris | May 4, 2018 | Musings
There is a space within every beating heart that reaches beyond what the eye can see on earth, below the earth and above the earth, beyond the stars and the clouds we carry within. A love higher and wider, deeper and greater than our ability to understand reaches down...
by Deb Farris | Apr 29, 2018 | Musings
She sits with a line to the water and watches a yellow bobbing ball against its surface. There is no bite. But she sits. She waits. Waiting is discipline, an act of faith. Alone, she is free of others’ calculations and accusations. Bobbing ball drops out of...
by Deb Farris | Apr 22, 2018 | Musings
Rise gentle woman. Now is the time. The people are in trouble and need your maternal compassion. Fully equipped, you will fight the good cause for which you were created. Rise woman of strength. Light floods in so we see God in each other as our scars become symbols...
by Deb Farris | Apr 18, 2018 | Musings
We have no control over what someone does to us. What we have control over is our response. The dance teaches our students to respond to the missteps, failures and rejections of others with grace, respect and patience. It guides them to respond to their dance partner...
