Design Storytelling

“I died from minerality and became vegetable;
And from vegetativeness I died and became animal,
I died from animality and became man.
Then why fear disappearance though death?
Next time I shall die
Bringing forth wings and feathers like angels;
After that, soaring higher than angels -
What you cannot imagine,
I shall be that.”

Rumi

As always Akram Khan’s incredible work transported and inspired this evening - more intensely than ever, in fact. Vertical Road is powerfully gripping. Full of explosive beats, astonishing spiritual references, gasp inducing athletic feats and visceral vibrating forms. But the overwhelming feeling I have when ever I walk out of an Akram Khan performance is that…

I just want to be better at what I do.

That kind of brilliance focuses the mind and sharpens the ambition. Time to work harder on narrowing that gap between my “killer taste” and the work that ‘falls short”.

Thanks to Akram for showing me what’s possible.