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1000 Hands April 1, 2009

Sent by a friend who knew I would love this beautiful exhibition of human excellence.
(N.B. Read the paragraph below FIRST before you watch the video.)

There is an awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guanyin, which is making the rounds across the net.

Considering the tight coordination required, their accomplishment is nothing short of amazing,even if they were not all deaf.

Yes, you read correctly. All 21 of the dancers are complete deaf-mutes. Relying only on signals from trainers at the four
corners of the stage, these extraordinary dancers deliver a visual spectacle that is at once intricate and stirring.

Its first major international debut was in Athens at the closing ceremonies for the 2004 Paralympics. But it had long been in
the repertoire of the Chinese Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe and had traveled to more than 40 countries.

Its lead dancer is 29 year old Tai Lihua, who has a BA from the Hubei Fine Arts Institute. The video was recorded in Beijing during the Spring Festival last year.

Art that Inspires October 25, 2008

Wisdom Supporting Liberty

I came across this sculpture by Jules Dalou at 3 Ring Binder and could not resist sharing it.

Liberty can not stand alone. We truly need Wisdom, that pinnacle of consistent rationality, to understand the coexisting values and principles necessary for the preservation of Liberty, indeed of Life itself. Without those principles (which include an absolute respect for the triumvirate of individual rights–life, liberty, property) and the application of reason to both identify and defend them, Liberty will be unable to withstand the multitude of assaults aimed against her, and eventually will succumb in exhaustion.

To be effective, our eternal vigilence must be wisely defended.