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I am fully aware this may not be a popular post and it is not aimed at anyone particular but simply a response to my experience over the years. In the spirit of furthering invention and celebrating discovery, I'd like to take a moment to talk about Insta-etiquette. I'm not just talking about tagging and bragging, those rules are pretty well observed and are common-sense things we should all do to respect the truly creative artists we ALL copy. I'm talking about acknowledging the fact that as a community - our art is DEFINED by a global community of artists who contribute daily to the shared pool of online aerial knowledge. We can't by very definition own it, because whether we like it or not, we're making it up as we go.....
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Recently I found myself thinking back to when I was a gymnast and I realised we never trained with mirrors. The exception would be our weekly ballet class, where we learnt what lines looked good and which didn't and how that corresponded to how it felt in our bodies and brains to produce those lines. Ultimately mirrors are a tool to teach body awareness; a step along the way to gaining a more full picture of what is is to control your body...
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