JONATHAN STONE
From Imagining to Managing

        I am a performer, musician and writer.

       I like making things that cross genres and boundaries of language and culture,

  But my world has changed...

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    Some years ago I began to occasionally fall over. In March 2017 I was diagnosed with Spinal Cerebellar Ataxia, an unpredictable 'incurable condition', so they say.

The diagnosis was scary but now I manage it better.

I have learnt to count my blessings - yes my mobility is limited, physical performance is less of an option.

Times, culture  and post-Covid, things are different,

so my focus has changed:

 

       -writing stories, writing about performance, body language, disability and balance,

       -keeping neural connections active with stretching, breathing and exercise outside,          -connecting brain to fingertips by relearning guitar and piano, 

       -singing and writing songs in invented languages,

       -meditating, walking.

       -I am still working with what connects and communicates,

         drawing embodied connection between movement awareness and  well being,

       -developing new Facedance projects,

       -advising and coaching other performance makers.

 

     

     whether imagining or managing

On we go ...

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