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<aside> š a commonplace book by writer *KP Kaszubowski (page in progress!)* while drafting a poetry/essay book
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thatās me! hi š
The miracle I intend to commit this year is to start over.Ā The miracle will be to treat my body like a baby.Ā I will treat this body like it is somebody!Ā Some body! Iāll say. Wow, this is some body!
an excerpt from the working draft of āsome body!ā - a book length poem-essay hybrid on the body, the self, disability, and ability.
![circa 1998 with my dog Smokey [got him good with the bunny ears] and twin sister](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/06a77e37-56fa-4a65-99d3-99e24ddfdc11/smoky_monica_kp.jpeg)
circa 1998 with my dog Smokey [got him good with the bunny ears] and twin sister
the mission:
while drafting a hybrid poetry / personal narrative with the intention of detailing my shift from body evasion to mind + body connection, I discovered I had a disability (or a fewā¦). This book project, with the placeholder name āsome body!ā, became my intentional practice that has ābrought me homeā to myself and my body. [this may be a perpetual work in progress. + this is okay! Iām just happy to be alive in this brief body!]
The purpose of this commonplace book is to share the sources, notes, and thought pathways while I develop this book. I hope the organization of these sources supports others on their practice of coming home to their bodies as well.
xoxo,
KPK
(I already like you.)
the gif was made from a clip from ā£, my debut feature film. The mantisā name is Mushu and they were an incredible force of an actor and also an inspiration for leaning into āwhat the f*ckā-ness of life
āHow to Stop Actingā by Harold Guskin This book was suggested to me by an often-collaborator and actor Joshua Koopman after we shared what it feels to surprise ones own self in any given moment. I sense there are connections from Guskinās good advice to neurodivergent āun-maskingā practices.
Research Sources for Some Body Exploration