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clevermanka) wrote2013-02-08 10:11 am
clevermanka) wrote2013-02-08 10:11 am
Stiff with a side order of sleepless
Seen on Tumblr:
"A woman from the audience asks: ‘Why were there so few women among the Beat writers?’
and [Gregory] Corso, suddenly utterly serious, leans forward and says:
“There were women, they were there, I knew them,
their families put them in institutions, they were given electric shock.
In the ’50s if you were male you could be a rebel,
but if you were female your families had you locked up."
Stephen Scobie, on the Naropa Institute’s 1994 tribute to Allen Ginsberg
Absences of women in history don’t “just happen,” they are made.
PREACH.
I went to Restorative Yoga last night and it kind of kicked my ass. It was good, but wow. Lots of unsupported legs-in-the-air stuff. My hip is extra warm today. No shooting aches or pains, thankfully, but it's stiff and unhappy. I'm walking pretty slow, and getting up the hill was not terribly pleasant. But I did my yoga this morning, and have achieved significant improvement during the hip-opening sequence (for those of you who might want to try it yourselves, here is Parts One and Two).
Last night I had problems falling asleep again. I have no idea what's up with that. It's frustrating. I think I'm going to try adding a Kavinace capsule to my dinnertime supplements for a couple weeks to see if that helps get me back in the falling-asleep groove. I haven't had problems falling asleep in years. It's always been the staying asleep that's plagued me. But other than my occasional rounds of insomnia, I'm usually a hit-the-pillow-lights-out type. So. Another puzzle to solve. Hurray.
I'm relieved that dance class is canceled tonight. My hip and I need some time to chill.
"A woman from the audience asks: ‘Why were there so few women among the Beat writers?’
and [Gregory] Corso, suddenly utterly serious, leans forward and says:
“There were women, they were there, I knew them,
their families put them in institutions, they were given electric shock.
In the ’50s if you were male you could be a rebel,
but if you were female your families had you locked up."
Stephen Scobie, on the Naropa Institute’s 1994 tribute to Allen Ginsberg
Absences of women in history don’t “just happen,” they are made.
PREACH.
I went to Restorative Yoga last night and it kind of kicked my ass. It was good, but wow. Lots of unsupported legs-in-the-air stuff. My hip is extra warm today. No shooting aches or pains, thankfully, but it's stiff and unhappy. I'm walking pretty slow, and getting up the hill was not terribly pleasant. But I did my yoga this morning, and have achieved significant improvement during the hip-opening sequence (for those of you who might want to try it yourselves, here is Parts One and Two).
Last night I had problems falling asleep again. I have no idea what's up with that. It's frustrating. I think I'm going to try adding a Kavinace capsule to my dinnertime supplements for a couple weeks to see if that helps get me back in the falling-asleep groove. I haven't had problems falling asleep in years. It's always been the staying asleep that's plagued me. But other than my occasional rounds of insomnia, I'm usually a hit-the-pillow-lights-out type. So. Another puzzle to solve. Hurray.
I'm relieved that dance class is canceled tonight. My hip and I need some time to chill.