Saturday, November 17, 2012
- sparkling
A fairly wide gap spans envisioning and actualization (actualization being the physical expression of a creative concept). You can't do a great job of actualization however without a healthy dose of envisioning. Hence, the first step of artistic skating is getting those old creative imagination juices flowing.
At its core the envisioning process in skating is similar to how it works for any other creative art. You browse other skaters for what you find appealing. You discern, summarize, invert, invent, extrapolate, generalize, and reframe. You add dynamics, texture, and personality. You expand your awareness and sensitivities. You learn to communicate feelings through movement. You find a muse. You learn to move souls.
At the same time though this imaginative pre-vision mental construct doesn't happen in a vacuum. You bracket ideas of what might be possible by feedback of your own expressiveness, a sense for dramatic "reveal," and by practice in building a story arc.
When it all comes together you sparkle.
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Really nice post, Jeff. This is one of the reasons skating is so special to me: sparkle. I think it takes time for a skater to obtain this, not solely because it takes time to mature as a skater, but mainly because it takes to do so as a person. Sparkling is about feeling something through the music and movement that touches your soul. Once you have been touch, hence, you will touch others.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I linked to your site in my latest post, and would like to thank you for the post idea.
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Gigi
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