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an art of connections, a poetics of the swerve
a new essay & reading
by L. Martina Young, Ph.D.
A Poetic Body: SWAN by Martina Young
  • A Poetic Body
    • Philosophy & Approach
    • Critical Acclaim
  • Arabesque
  • The SWAN Project
    • Black Swans, an opera poem
    • The SWAN Project
    • The SWAN Lectures
    • Her story
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Arabesque
Saturday, October 11, 2025 |  2pm
with Live Music by bassist Julie Machado of the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra

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In a timely response to the question posed by poet and Humanities scholar Joan Retallack, “How can one frame a poetics of the swerve, a constructive preoccupation with what are unpredictable forms of change?”— artist-scholar L. Martina Young takes a deep dive into the ‘arabesque aesthetic’ with her new essay, “Arabesque | an art of connections, a poetics of the swerve,” weaving Persian aesthetics, somatic ways of knowing,  Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology, David Bohm’s physics, and memoir to expound on the beauty and wisdom of ‘unity'—a critical ethos for our 21st century socio-cultural times.

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Photography by Grant Wesley
A poetic body is expressive by nature, an integrated
relational intelligence — transparent, porous — yielding insights
about being human throughout the lifespan that are
​as specific and particular as they are universal.
 
A poetic body practice is a disciplined realignment of our
physical, psychological, biological, ethical, aesthetic, and
spiritual modes of being for living responsively and
meaningfully in the world. 
 
 
                                                                   L. Martina Young, Ph.D.
                                                                                               Artist
                                                                Somatic Pilates Educator
                                         Expressive Dance/Movement Facilitator 
This project has been funded, in part, by the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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  • A Poetic Body
    • Philosophy & Approach
    • Critical Acclaim
  • Arabesque
  • The SWAN Project
    • Black Swans, an opera poem
    • The SWAN Project
    • The SWAN Lectures
    • Her story
  • The Dance Gallery
    • Gallery I
    • Gallery II
    • Gallery III
    • Gallery IV
    • Gallery V
  • Shop
  • Contact