In 1982, I was invited to see a preview of a film with an unpronounceable name and a score by Philip Glass. Koyaanisqatsi, by then-unknown filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, was a profound visual collage of life out of balance. Without a single spoken word, in 45 minutes or so it revealed a painful disconnect between the awesomely beautiful planet that sustains us and how we choose to live on it. Afterwards, when the audience was asked to comment, there was a long silence before anyone could speak.

I have just seen a 4:29-minute video that offers as profoundly a different view of our world as may be possible. Like Koyaanisqatsi, the music and images — fuzzy as they are here — tell the whole story. But this story is one of joy and how effortlessly it infects people everywhere.


If this doesn’t make you cry and/or laugh, I urge you to go out in public as soon as possible and do a goofy dance until your smile is so big your face can barely contain it. We create our world everyday with our choices: to be numbed, inspired, or dancing with the paradox. Reconnecting to your body and your humanity cannot help but enliven your worklife and workplace . . . and isn’t that the world you want to live in?

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