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Body's in Prayer: "Where We Land"
"Where We Land" Acrylic and mixed media on canvas 10"x14"
My series “Bodies in Prayer” is from countless sketches of bodies in motion. These paintings emerged from a deep immersion in my dance community where connection flows like water between souls. These are not portraits but captured gestures—the fleeting moments when individual dancers dissolve into something collective and sacred.
Born from the gestures of a dance community that practices the art of letting go, what emerges is the playful spirit of surrender in motion. Bodies learn to trust through laughter and touch, discovering that the deepest spiritual practices can be joyous rather than solemn.
In this space, falling isn't failure—it's practice. Whether landing in waiting arms or meeting the forgiving floor, each moment teaches about trust, about letting go, about the courage it takes to surrender again and again.
Movement becomes meditation, not through stillness but through the spinning chaos of bodies learning to let go together. Each gesture speaks of practiced vulnerability, each embrace a lesson in trust, each unexpected fall a reminder that surrender itself is the safety net.
In our circle of trust,
we are practicing dying every day,
sometimes with grace and laughter,
sometimes with trembling courage.
Together we lay down our armor,
learn to fall with joy—
sometimes into waiting arms,
sometimes onto the patient floor.
Both teach us something sacred.
With friends, with beloved dancers,
we practice letting go—
every day on the floor together,
every day learning that trust
isn't about being caught,
but about the courage to fall.
Where we land is just a moment,
a breath, a pause—
then the dance begins again,
another fall waiting,
another chance to let go.
In mindful movement,
in presence that holds us,
we feel the tension trapped
in our bones, in our muscles—
everything just wants to release.
Each landing teaches us
to rise and fall again,
letting go and letting go
into the arms of community,
into the dance of trust,
this daily practice of dying
into love—
where we land becomes
where we leap from,
over and over,
held in the endless cycle
of falling into grace.
"Where We Land" Acrylic and mixed media on canvas 10"x14"
My series “Bodies in Prayer” is from countless sketches of bodies in motion. These paintings emerged from a deep immersion in my dance community where connection flows like water between souls. These are not portraits but captured gestures—the fleeting moments when individual dancers dissolve into something collective and sacred.
Born from the gestures of a dance community that practices the art of letting go, what emerges is the playful spirit of surrender in motion. Bodies learn to trust through laughter and touch, discovering that the deepest spiritual practices can be joyous rather than solemn.
In this space, falling isn't failure—it's practice. Whether landing in waiting arms or meeting the forgiving floor, each moment teaches about trust, about letting go, about the courage it takes to surrender again and again.
Movement becomes meditation, not through stillness but through the spinning chaos of bodies learning to let go together. Each gesture speaks of practiced vulnerability, each embrace a lesson in trust, each unexpected fall a reminder that surrender itself is the safety net.
In our circle of trust,
we are practicing dying every day,
sometimes with grace and laughter,
sometimes with trembling courage.
Together we lay down our armor,
learn to fall with joy—
sometimes into waiting arms,
sometimes onto the patient floor.
Both teach us something sacred.
With friends, with beloved dancers,
we practice letting go—
every day on the floor together,
every day learning that trust
isn't about being caught,
but about the courage to fall.
Where we land is just a moment,
a breath, a pause—
then the dance begins again,
another fall waiting,
another chance to let go.
In mindful movement,
in presence that holds us,
we feel the tension trapped
in our bones, in our muscles—
everything just wants to release.
Each landing teaches us
to rise and fall again,
letting go and letting go
into the arms of community,
into the dance of trust,
this daily practice of dying
into love—
where we land becomes
where we leap from,
over and over,
held in the endless cycle
of falling into grace.