‘Imi ola; Form and Function

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[Starbucker]

Love this concept Rosa - to seek the best form for the life I live. I'm looking forward to working on it with you this month. Happy Anniversary!

[Rosa Say]

Thank you Terry - and working on it with me you will! This is something I have come to appreciate so much about blog-thinking out loud in the aloha of our Ho‘ohana Community; I challenge myself to bravely post a new month’s Ho‘ohana based on what I feel I should be doing ... and then I have to walk my talk!

My Talking Story anniversary has come to be about another year of accomplishments made possible by all of your wonderful support and encouragement: This is a Ho‘olaule‘a (celebration) we will enjoy together.

[Gray Miller]

Rosa,

Even though I'm not in the management business, I always find your columns useful and entertaining, often simply for managing my own life.
This was especially good (found via lifehack) but I have to say that I always have difficulty with metaphors such as houses or pictures or sculptures, because they are static art forms. I've been exploring the idea of dance as a metaphor for a "life like art" on my blog. I read the idea of 'imi 'ola as sort of a choreographic planning time, after you've tried out various moves and combinations, finally getting to the point where you're ready to put it all into practice for the performance. Is that about right?
And considering the immense richness of dance traditions from the islands, any other relevant ideas that might come out of it?

[Rosa Say]

Aloha Gray, thank you so much for commenting, for that is precisely right - beautifully, interpretively, and creatively right!

I adore your concept of fluidity.

There definitely IS a strong connection with our hula tradition of dance in the islands, and you have the wheels turning in my head now with the suggestion. Let me think on it more.

For now, I’ll share another way the building metaphor has come up for me with client coaching: Windows.

We talk about which windows are open to the breezes, to let in fresh air, invigorating the entire inside, and which are shuttered closed, and why. We talk about how picture windows have disappeared from homes in our architecture today, and why they were a stable of new-home construction in the 1950’s.

Metaphors can be so useful and thought-provoking! I am definitely going to spend some time at your blog to learn more about your idea of dance as a metaphor for a "life like art."