I missed out on Shirley Temple movies when I was a kid. Our family was late to get a television and my mother resisted cable, then $5 a month, on the prescient grounds that once you’d signed up, the price was only going to rise. So Alan records Ms. Temple’s oeuvre for me whenever the …
Read more Why watch Shirley Temple movies? You can see people, including Shirley, in natural posture
Catastrophic posture is all around us. Once you know what it looks like, you’re guaranteed to see something that makes your eyes hurt pretty much every time you go outside. And if you turn on the television or open a magazine, being inside isn’t so safe either. But then we hit October, the glory …
If learning Spinefulness has a downside, it’s this: once you can see out of balance posture, you can’t un-see it. Sit on a park bench to people-watch, and you’ll see a pain parade. Yes, there’s the occasional delight of someone walking with ease and grace, but for the most part, old and young, it’s a …
Read more They stagger, they fall, but they move better than we do