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Nov 26, 2023Liked by Bertus

Here I am sitting with full body smile as I read your story of symmetry teaching. I once did a creative movement class with 5 year olds that I played music and gave them full permission to move in any way they chose with only rule being they were to do no harm to self or others. The place was alive with such originality for the length of my playlist (I don't remember how long) but then I invited the parents in to join in the fun. Then on and on it went with children leading the invention. Amazing we humans are when permission to wiggle is given.

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What a gift you offered your students! I found my brain drawing symmetrical loops even whilst reading, your expression so enticing and ecstatic.

And this: “Our bodies are butterflies. Our brain is a symmetric masterpiece. Symmetry is God and the devil. Good and evil and the coincidence of opposites. This subject was yinning and yanging the hell out of me.” 👏🙏

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This is absolutely fascinating, Bertus - it looks like prayer to me. Can't wait to read the other half ;)

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Intriguingly wow! Like a dance of the mind and body...

The word Nirvana comes to mind, though I think perhaps it is actually something far beyond.

I wait with curiosity for the next...

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Wow. Thanks as ever! Loving this journey

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"And I think this lopsided left brain emphasis4 on how we approach the world is a big part of the mess we are in."

I agree!

Fascinating project, Bertus!!! You are onto something there....

LOVE those human butterflies!!!

My daughters (one trained as an artist, the other as an art-therapist) are both working on the intersection between art/ creative expression and self-discovery/ healing. I've shared this work with them.

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Wow…amazing idea! And love the humorous title😝 and I love that this is a way to explore altered states safely! A funny synchronicity- just last night I was listening to a guy talking about symmetry, he believes all humans are deep down craving it. His theory is that the anatomical heart used to be in the center of the chest and everything was more even geometrically on the planet, but things changed over time, and there is now an 88 degree tilt, leaving us all feeling ‘off’ but as we continue to evolve we will one day return to the symmetry. 🤷🏻‍♀️ kind of wild but fun to think about!

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