The personal blog and musings of Devon Boorman.
This is part of an exploration of Power, Partnership, and Symmetry. Landlords offer property in exchange for fees to pay for it. This is still a partnership; both sides need what the other provides and both truly require mutual respect to be successful, though a landlord may have 10 houses and the tenant only the need for one. Many a landlord Read More …
If you want to imagine your ability to fence as a rating out of 100, it would be impossible to pinpoint an exact score in any kind of meaningful way. To be able to say I’m a 75 and they’re a 70, thus I should be able to defeat them isn’t relevant because its impossible to say where you are Read More …
This is part of an exploration of Power, Partnership, and Symmetry. The relationship between an employer and an employee should truly be a partnership and we should count ourselves fortunate to live in a western society where legal and social structure generally support the ability to approach this relationship as such. Each side provides a needed service to the other. Read More …
Relationship asymmetry is often seen to create a “power-dynamic”. The employer-employee relationship is stated to be one of power where the boss wields power in the imbalanced relationship with the worker. The landlord-tenant relationship is another where what the landlord offers up is different than what is offered on the other side, and again many would tell you a terrible Read More …
Warming up has innumerable benefits. It prepares the body for movement, increases your range of motion which helps prevent injury and increases performance, mentally prepares your technical repertoire, and can be used to set the right psychology for performance. Yet we do not always have the opportunity to warm up before we need to perform and potentially at a very Read More …
It does’t matter how much something costs you to do, you need to consider the value of your time when making your decision to participate. When considering going to a course, instead of simply looking a the courses cost I also factor in my own hourly rate. Will the course be worth that amount of value to me? When giving Read More …
In the dance community many events have a ‘drop-in’ class that is aimed at teaching fundamentals for beginners to help introduce new people to the dance. The classes typically start with the fundamentals of posture and movement and then build in the basic structures of the dance, teach a move, etc. Though the class is often aimed in particular at Read More …
The nuclear family is a relatively new western invention. The idea that your life romantically and supportively should be based around a single partnership, largely to the exclusion of all others, is actually quite a strange one. Recently I had someone lecture me on the wisdom of having more than one source of support in my life. Their argument was Read More …
Have you ever experienced a supreme frustration with learning? The feeling that you’re just not getting something; that a concept or technique is just beyond your reach and challengingly so or perhaps just not coming fast enough? This state of frustration is a core and natural part of the learning process. I don’t know that it’s necessary, I’m sure like Read More …
Be careful where you put your energy. Where you put your attention is what grows. If you allow yourself to spend too much time dwelling in a bad place you may find that the outcome is steered toward what you most fear might occur. It’s easy to let our mind get caught into negative paths of thinking. Someone has wronged Read More …