Laura Alyn Ornelas

I feel like I’ve had an interesting journey in my life. I don’t subscribe to the “everything happens for a reason” philosophy. There’s nothing wrong with it—it’s just not mine. I think there’s a lot of randomness in the universe. But I do feel like the paths in my life have always opened up for me. That doesn’t mean any of them were easy.

For

The type of dance I do is more metaphorical, an inner narrative. It’s my body being expressive. I think it does mean something, but I don’t want everyone to have the same story. I want them to feel, in their own bodies, that something important is happening. I want it to make them feel something—and they can create whatever story comes from what

Dance never felt like a hobby or an extracurricular activity. It came from a very cellular, soulful place. I took some classes when I was little, but it wasn’t a focused practice. The first real dance class I took was when I was about 8, and I thought, “Okay, that’s it.”

When grownups asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I was 9 or 10

Hula “has provided a way for me to interpret the world that I occupy in the way that I perceive it. It has taught me to develop sensitivity to the trees and shrubs in my neighborhood, to appreciate the life-giving potential of the soil, and to listen to the voices on the wind. It has informed the positive way in which I regard my body, though

The number two introduces balancing the dualities in yourself projects or relationships. The second house of the zodiac is Taurus with its keywords. I want this house and sign represent feminine earth that is stable, strong sensual, and loyal. Taurus loves material things, but is also connected to spirit, his mission is to find his inner value and

“When we are conscious of the life, enriching purpose behind an action we take when the soul energy that motivates us is simply to make life wonderful for others and ourselves, then even hard work has an element of play in it.”

-Marshall B Rosenberg, Non-Violent Communication: A language of life.

“Considering introducing a controlled burn to the prairies of my mind” -hawkscaled (tumblr)

Yes, this needs to be done. Aries is part of the mind and by having a controlled fire in the prairies of your mind, you are clearing out anything that no longer serves you in order to get back to what really matters which is your instinct which Aries is

Today I read The Ants and the Grasshopper, and it reminded me of a truth every artist must hold: you have to trust that your community will support you and your art.

If your community turns away like the ants did in the Aesop Fable version, then it’s your role as the artist to find one that welcomes you.

A community that feels moved by your work

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Being the Soul was created for the contemplation of Truth as well as for the fruition of Good, [capricorn] is it not as cruel and unjust to preclude Women from the knowledge of the one as from the enjoyment of the other?

Especially since the Will is blind, and cannot chuse but by the direction of the Understanding; or to speak more properly,