B e P r e s e n t A r t s

13/11/2025

once in Teremiski, we looked up, searching for wandering souls
~ bird watching walk with Michał Książek ~

10/11/2025

22/06/2025

Shapes of contact improvisation ~ part 3 🐒

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

11/06/2025

Harmony of chaos ~ wild forest
~ Puszcza Białowieska 🌱 part 3

09/06/2025

“...thinking is generally thought of as doing nothing in a production-oriented culture, and doing nothing is hard to do. It's best done by disguising it as doing something, and the something closest to doing nothing is walking. Walking itself is the intentional act closest to the unwilled rhythms of the body, to breathing and the beating of the heart. It strikes a delicate balance between working and idling, being and doing.”
― Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking

07/06/2025

I am very happy to see how, over the past ten years, thanks to psychoeducation mainly, common access to tools that increase the connection with emotions has been expanding. Being present with emotions, understanding them and communicating them clearly often requires long process of self-work. Reasons are complex, but today let's focus on what emotional awareness actually is.
Emotional awareness refers to the capacity to recognize, conceptualize, and articulate our own emotions and those of others, playing a key role in emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.
It is considered a cognitive skill that develops in complexity over time, much like other cognitive abilities.
It allows individuals to better navigate social interactions, anticipate others’ emotional responses, and make thoughtful decisions rather than reacting impulsively.

Emotional awareness helps one reflect, regulate reactions, and choose constructive responses.
Awareness of others emotions requires more than simple recognition, it involves simulating and differentiating their feelings within context using internal representations and background knowledge.

It supports both self-understanding and social harmony, and many psychological research is refining how it is measured and applied to promote mental and physical well-being.

Whats interesting, being emotionally aware, we gain the power and tools to recognise systemic defect around us and engage constructively with those challenges. Instead of disengaging or becoming apathetic, we are more likely to channel discomfort into meaningful critique. Balancing realism with the need for change. To keep healthy distance when it is needed.

28/04/2025

Today is the International Dance Day - a global celebration of dance as an art and practice.
I am joined by the words of Isadora Duncan, who kicked off her ballet slippers ⚡️ and began the emancipation of women in the world of dance. She danced barefoot, in flowing tunics, with her hair loose, which contrasted with the restrictive style of ballet dancers at the time. The quote concerns the inspirations from the natural world that were important to her practice. 🌿

„To seek in nature the fairest forms and to find the movement which expresses the soul of these forms — this is the art of the dancer. It is from nature alone that the dancer must draw his inspirations, in the same manner as the sculptor, with whom he has so many affinities. Rodin has said: "To produce good sculpture it is not necessary to copy the works of antiquity; it is necessary first of all to regard the works of nature, and to see in those of the classics only the method by which they have interpreted nature." Rodin is right; and in my art I have by no means copied, as has been supposed, the figures of Greek vases, friezes and paintings. From them I have learned to regard nature, and when certain of my movements recall the gestures that are seen in works of art, it is only because, like them, they are drawn from the grand natural source. My inspiration has been drawn from trees, from waves, from clouds, from the sympathies that exist between passion and the storm, between gentleness and the soft breeze, and the like, and I always endeavour to put into my movements a little of that divine continuity which gives to the whole of nature its beauty and its life.”
quote comes from Modern Dancing and Dancers (1912) by John Ernest Crawford Flitch

Isadora Duncan (1877 – 1927) was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the United States. Born and raised in California, she lived and danced in Western Europe, the U.S., and Soviet Russia.

photo comes from my album ~ being present through ecosomatic practicies ~

07/01/2025

I have tried many bodymindful practices including bodywork, massage, dance, yoga, breathwork, contemplative movement. Each of them can be supportive in gaining mindful presence and increasing introception. It is so much important to meet the right professional leading person taking care of the space and group, to make your experience psychologically and physically safe. And of course there are many ways to practice on your own.

06/01/2025

The wisdom of animals lies in their ability to live fully in the present, expressing themselves without hesitation or fear of judgment.

04/01/2025

"Art is a way of survival."
- Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono (born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, feminist and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking.

Photo comes from my album ~ being present by watching nature ~
Place ~ Adršpach Rocks