“Barometer, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.”
Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary
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“Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.”
I Am A Dancer (1952)
Context: The body is shaped, disciplined, honoured, and in time, trusted. The movement becomes clean, precise, eloquent, truthful. Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it. This might be called the law of the dancer's life — the law which governs the outer aspects.
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