But is it such a bad thing to live like this for just a little while? Just for a few months of one's life, is it so awful to travel through time with no greater ambition than to find the next lovely meal? Or to learn how to speak a language for no higher purpose than that it pleases your ear to hear it? Or to nap in a garden, in a patch of sunlight, in the middle of the day, right next to your favorite fountain? And then do it again the next day?
Because the world is so corrupted, misspoken, unstable, exaggerated and unfair, one should trust only what one can experience with one's own senses, and this makes the senses stronger in Italy than anywhere in Europe. This is why, [Luigi] Barzini says, Italians will tolerate hideously incompetent generals, presidents, tyrants, professors, bureaucrats, journalists and captains of industry, but will never tolerate incompetent "opera singers, conductors, ballerinas, courtesans, actors, film directors, cooks, tailors..." In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic excellence is incorruptible. Pleasure cannot be bargained down. And sometimes the meal is the only currency that is real.
- Elizabeth Gilbert
(thanks, jessi! and all those who suggested her to me!)
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January 4, 2012
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- sharon estacio
- Originally from New York, NY; now finds herself across the pond in Firenze. Artistic process is driven by the lush complexity of people and seeks to expose more absurd truths by ruffling those intricate (and often neatly tucked) folds. Previous works include commissions by Aaron Davis Hall, Mulberry Street Theater with the Jerome Foundation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Women in Motion: Blueprint (Estrogenius Festival NYC). Works also presented at Danspace Project/St. Mark’s Church, Joe’s Pub (DanceNOW[NYC]), Dixon Place, Jacob’s Pillow, LaMama, WAX and others. Performed internationally with Doug Elkins, Clare Byrne and Umoja Dance, teaching workshops and master classes at universities and public schools. Worked with artists Eun Me Ahn, Kevin Wynn, Yin Mei, Katie Workum, Will Rawls (dancegang) and others; filmmakers Clarissa de los Reyes, So Young Yang and Kriota Willberg and was artist-in-residence at The Dragon’s Egg and Earthdance. Attended FH Laguardia HS of Music & Art and the Performing Arts and New York University/ Tisch School of the Arts, honored with the JS Seidman Award. Estacio is also an AADP certified Holistic Health Practitioner.
All original choreography, video, text, illustrations and photos by Sharon Estacio* are protected under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. 
Queste opere sono pubblicate sotto una Licenza Creative Commons. *all video, text, illustrations and photos are by Sharon Estacio unless otherwise noted
Queste opere sono pubblicate sotto una Licenza Creative Commons. *all video, text, illustrations and photos are by Sharon Estacio unless otherwise noted
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I've been watching people read this book on the subway, in coffee shops, etc...and I've had a few people say "I think you would love it" but I couldn't help thinking a few things:
1. I hate self help books
2. so she travels, so what?
3. I don't want to read a love story (and we all know, thats how this one ends...its in the title)
4. she's writing what I'm living and I'm not ready to read it yet. I want to get THROUGH it first
So i read some political works etc first...and now I'm finally reading Est Pray Love....and i admit it...I'm enjoying it :-)
Glad you found it too
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