https://www.laurensharpe.com/journal daily 0.75 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6084d93f1b79520350a1e305/1621617001455-PWJAZX7RAYDNFO49CEIV/3E6824A1-8B15-4A72-997E-050BA7E2D38F.JPG Lauren Sharpe Today I pretended to be a hummingbird. I kept my eyes closed as instructed. I tried to make a figure eight with my wingarms. It wasn’t easy, but I kept at it. Then, we were told to move about the room as our animal. I moved fast, darting here, there, up on a ledge, then back down to the ground to pretend hover. Then we were told to add a sound that our animal might make, to communicate with one another. I found myself mid-flight in front of a friend who promptly let out a loud wild squawk that demolished any semblance of my birdpersona and rendered me incapacitated by laughter and giggles. I kept my wingarms moving though, even as he continued to yelp with careless abandon throughout the room. I flew and flew until I landed safely where I began. Later, we were tasked with making one another laugh and we did it. And then we did it again. And again. https://www.laurensharpe.com/home daily 1.0 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6084d93f1b79520350a1e305/9e84f932-eb12-4c9e-94a5-e88050cc1d62/RS156907_DE_56548-lpr+%281%29.jpg Home photo credit: doug mason https://www.laurensharpe.com/work daily 0.75 2025-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6084d93f1b79520350a1e305/fa709a5c-4f6f-4eb7-9b58-790afb3e40de/Casablanca+Reading-35.jpg Lauren Sharpe Performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6084d93f1b79520350a1e305/9a569324-8b63-4a33-80a0-042cb1670849/2023-New-Victory-Dance-Classroom-Workshop-Alexis-Buatti-Ramos-05.jpg Lauren Sharpe Teaching Artistry + Facilitation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6084d93f1b79520350a1e305/f6350e32-d7d2-4eae-a949-d8d0ed43629e/UPCLOSEFestival2019_HyphenPhotography9.jpg Lauren Sharpe Community-Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6084d93f1b79520350a1e305/cf3f35d5-ae09-4491-8af4-1b79846a4f2d/IMG_2149.jpeg Lauren Sharpe Movement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6084d93f1b79520350a1e305/6bb0ea47-3dc5-42ea-971a-26b77679bf32/scurry.jpeg Lauren Sharpe Devising & Collaborating https://www.laurensharpe.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-05-18