Along with the skills you have
garnered your own life
learnings & experiences can be
applied to your advantage.
Think of it as…
ABCs of Being You!
Acknowledge your authenticity
by adding your unique
individuality & perspectives.
Bring forth your very best & be
ready shine your truth.
Communicate with confidence
& yet connect with integrity.
© Savvy Raj
The
Way
We
See
The
World…
Happiness
Eludes
Or
Embraces
Us
Which
Way
Do
You See?
© Savvy Raj
As a dancer, I often use my dance education and experiences by associating concepts and find it helps me understand and evolve in the many life challenges and relate to the changing world.
In a world where almost everyone is interfacing with ChatGPT and AI and finding new and improved ways of prompting for application of technology for every day use, I find some relevant associations here with partner dancing and technology.
Dancing & Prompting has a lot in common
A dance with a partner is an action and response
More than a reaction. Likewise in today’s world every day is a dance with AI and our prompts are nothing but inputs towards an intelligent response than just a reaction.
The better the input the better the output.
Here I want to share a few thoughts for starters
Dancing with a partner is about being in tandem, one leading the way and one following without anticipation
Likewise prompting is about giving clear directions without ambiguity.
To dance is to set and hold the frame
In a good prompt setting the context and format helps to streamline the output.
In a dance the music sets the movements of the dance…
And in a prompt sharing the example of what it feels like helps clearer and relevant output.
In a dance a leader can evaluate as you go which steps will work with which partner. Assessing the dance space available helps in evaluating the flow. For there are no second moves… Whatever you do decides the dance flow… And you are free to improvise your self as you go along
Likewise in prompts evaluation helps check what is working and tweaking it gives better quality output.
When a dancer is a professional Dancing a single step may feel fluid but in breaking down the steps it’s easier to understand the flow.
In prompting dividing the steps well into multiple steps connected to a certain goal will give desired results.
Be it a dance with partner or with words for AI when you have a clear intention and purpose and are able to communicate what you want and where you want to reach, in easily understable and suitable way not only will you reach your destination You will enjoy the journey!
©Savvy Raj
When you lose your sense of Self
You find yourself
©Savvy Raj
You always have the choice
Choose well in every now…
It is a conscious choice in awareness to be in this now…
It’s about being intentional about what you choose to do.
It is said we are the product of five people we surround ourselves with.
So choose to surround yourself with those who lift your spirits.
Choose to be intentional on being with people who you appreciate and who you enjoy being with.
People who you feel bring out the best in you
And choose to truly care and cherish these people.
Focus on discovering your joyful paths in life
You can make your life a joyful journey whenever you choose to honour & enjoy the moment at hand.
Be in this now!
© Savvy Raj
What is…
Inside of your mind
Is there peace?
Inside of your heart
Is there love?
Does it feel like a ocean wave
Is flowing through you…
Or a flame of hope rising like a phoenix
Can you hear the distant drums
And dream of hope in the yonder
Or the bells of divine chime within?
Where and how are you
Inside?
©Savvy Raj
Unconference, the word piqued my curiosity for a while until I checked it up on the internet, only to find that the idea has gained tremendous momentum across the globe.
The idea of un-structuring the ingrained structure seemed interesting to say the least, in creating spaces and possibilities to honour the learning.
Suffice to say recently, when I came across an Unconference event in the local newspaper I decided I must make a visit.
The venue of this Unconference was the well known Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts in Pune. I reached just in time for the proceedings to untold.
A customary registration ensued and I was greeted by a few volunteers with a relaxed warm and welcoming attitude. Clearly, the Unconference had started right there.
The word Conference kind of stiffens people up. There is a formal attitude, a thick air of competition to perform at their very best. There are fees and strict rules to adhere to. There are super busy organisers scurrying through and tension is writ large on their faces and their bodies as well are stressed out with expectations of the outcome of the event. Suited men and women whizz through looking super important. And yes there would be a Chief Guest of honour and a coterie of important people who need VIP handling… Adherence to their whims and fancies and most importantly their speeches which may or may not be of interest to any. But all must endure as to get up and leave is an offence to the speaker.
On the contrary here, there was a prevalent free-spirited feeling in the first place that all were in it together. The sense of community always takes time to build so I stood in that room with a small group of people waiting for the (informal introductory practice,) the opening circle.
The Opening Circle :
Someone from the group had taken an initiative to design a pretty pattern made of flowers in the centre of the space and light a lamp there.
A few introductory rounds later which turned out to be icebreakers with a few games to let loose and get into the flow.
There was a board set up with a mention of few rooms and a time slot to boot. The participants were encouraged to choose to attend or conduct workshops or just wander around and network.
A few people got up to mention their workshops and claim their slot. On a moment’s impulse although I was not exactly in the right attire for a dance workshop I simply decided to go with the flow and offered a Dance connection workshop by me.
Encouraged by a decent number of participants I let the moment take the lead. As I began teaching I witnessed the flow of the energy in the exchange.
I spoke about the dance, hold, frame and positioning and started introducing them to partner dancing and some basic steps. Bit by bit people shed inhibitions as they were getting tuned into the moves.
The moment strangers began to hold hands and face one another… for many, there was harmony to be found in the mirror imaging. For after all the lead and follow were simply an extension of each other dancing as one unit.
The energy in the room turned up a notch with the Achy Breaky Heart country cha sounds of Billy Ray Cyrus for company.
All started sensing the tuning in to the rhthymic expression of music & movement with their partners at that moment.
After the dance workshop I asked what they felt in that moment and here is what they shared immediately…
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The Give and Take
Truly to immerse yourself in that which you love all you have to do is to take a step … for your own good as much as for the others.
Essentially the whole experience was to me simply about honouring life energy in all its uniqueness of expression.
Great experience being a part of this interesting initiative!
Hope to see more of such initiatives across the country and our world.🙏
Savvy
#unconference #innovative #unconventional #life #positivity #appreciation #inspirations
Dance Educator, Writer, Artist, Designer, Wellness Mentor & Consultant
12 signs that show up an Empathic person.
1. Acknowledging another as they are
2. Being mindful of boundaries
2. Caring to confirm
3. Listening with Attention
4. Having patience
5. Sharing in authenticity
6. Allowing space for curiosity & growth
7. Behaving respectively
8. Being present & available
9. Respecting personal space
10.Valuing emotions in resonance
11.Holding space for perspectives
12. Showing care and offering comfort to another.
You may find a few empathic faces coming up in front of you after reading this… People who have been showing some or almost all of these signs.
Hold on to them. Learn from them Respect their ways… They have understood much about life and living and valuing the strength of the interconnects.
©Savvy Raj
Picasso
Watch this video of modern art as it happens!
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Pablo Picasso was born in Spain. And lived in France for most of his adult life. He is a prolific artist with varied interests, his early naturalistic painting gave way to his famous modern art in his adult years. He is known for his ‘Artistic Versatility’ and also for painting from imagination. He is renowned for his unconventional & radical life & art and is influential for his development of Cubist style.
A few musings…
On Art & Acceptance
If Picasso was born in the east
Perhaps he would have had it tougher to touch the height of success.
For he was best born in the west
And live in the heart of liberalism
Where his technique was acknowledged and given wings.
He passionately painted his spirits strokes in freedom.
The eastern world has always been more traditional
Conservative & restrained
in art and life
Somewhere it took a long time
Catching up with the possibilities of creativity
Where chaos becomes art.
In chaos there is disorder
But in disorder is the arising of new creative possibilities
Envisioning in the unconventional a restructuring in the flow
Every stroke of the brush or ink on paper
Is indicative of thoughts and emotions in the brain behind the brush.
Of the development of hand eye brain integration
That creates art out of simply anything and everything.
And then, there is the viewer critic and the art dealer who see hope & possibilities in both the artist & his art.
Art is born in the mind of the artist
Art channels itself in the flow
Art is honed in the perspectives of critique
But art is realised and enjoyed in the acceptance of a patron
For then the art finds itself.
And the artist evolves.
©Savvy Raj
Blending in the intersections of Art & Science…
There is inspiration
Evoking enchantment
Of magic & mystique
In Spirituality & Fractality
Mermerizing movements
Exploring possibilities
Both inclusive & expansive Experiencing virtual world
Illusions become realistic
Innovations becomes reality…
©Savvy Raj
Each of us have experiences that associate with any word.
What thoughts come to you in associations with the word Water.
Water brings forth many associations immediately but most of all of grace and strength.
In thoughts of fluidity in the flow…
In the ease of adaptability & lightness of being
As well as the strength of its perseverance in its path…
I associate with the rhthymic expression of waves.
Gratitude for Grace of this blessing of water to drink
And of the freedom of movement,while revelling in the water.
What thoughts and associations come immediately to you for the word ‘Water’?
©Savvy Raj
The busier a person seems
The less the person works
The more they delegate
For they value of time
And getting things done on time.
They believe in themselves
And take themselves lightly.
How often have you wondered
How some people manage it all
People rushing between deadlines
People having meetings with them
Continously consistently
And yet they appear unruffled
With a great sense of humor
A smile playing on their faces
And steel in their nerves
It is all about their organisation
Of things that matter on priority
And the ability to delegate
That makes things happen.
One person cannot accomplish
As much as a team of people
Dedicated to a purpose
Built by a determined leader.
Who believes, ‘I can’
For then the quantity of work
Gets improved by the quality…
What are your thoughts? Do share.
Life is strange
Strange is life
Just like that
Life turns around
Difficult becomes easy
Miseries come to an end
Problems find a solution
Trust in a deliverance
Hope against hope
Keep the faith
Life finds a way
©savvyraj
There are always special moments in every one’s life
Making life meaningful and memorable
Often it’s pure serendipity…
When your memory jogs you to remember such a moment.
What makes the memory strong?
What you are associating it with,
That is what makes the memory stronger.
Next time pay attention to whatever you want to remember.
What emotions and feelings can you associate with it?
As your visualisation gets stronger
Your memory gets better and will fade lesser in time.
Now remember to visualise with vibrance.
Choose as you please,
Scents & fragrances of places
Nature & friendships
Colours of Emotions
In all its vividity &feelings.
Soon you will build on all the happy times.
Keep adding your treasure chest of memorable moments.
Someday you will be thankful for it.
©Savvy Raj
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