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Thursday, 09 February 2006 11:33 |
"LUYAH! The Glorious Step"
is from where you are now
to where you are now, the whole thing moves
just that quick
1
Every step counts, that's what makes it
(makes the whole thing) so
glorious. That you can
keep on stepping, para-
taxis, one step
at a time--& again,
that you never "get there," or
anywhere, except as you stay on
top of it, as it keeps moving a
head, a hand a foot a
step at a time, to make the
proper con-
nexions, know where you're headed &
how to
get there, that
you can find out for your
self, as
any of us have
a step at a time
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Just to get that close to the
quick of it, that far in
that close to the pulse
of your own workings, & ride it
straight on out, head
first--the precision
of the movement, that you can re-
cord it as it moves, step
by step, that close, the rock &
roll of it, the beat
of your heart makes its own de-
sign on you, marks
time, your own
rhythm, you
state it in your stride, ex-
tend it in your line
feel it
& ride
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& the dance we know of is finally
of the body, that quick
source of it, co-
ordinate, that all the parts are
functioning, as they must, is the
harmony, rhythm, the tone
of the skin & be-
neath it, muscles, com-
ponents of this now breathing
living thing you are, & the music
you would make of yourself. the song
of the dance of the
body, organic
form, take it exactly
where it leads you--
out--
step
by glorious step
Detroit
February 12, 1966
Music by Cecil Taylor
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