"how to be a guru"

"merce cunningham died yesterday (first pina, now merce). he wrote this in his program notes at BAM this year, for his last show at the age of 90:

Have an old soul, but a young heart.

Be open to change.

Love surprises.

Embrace the new.

Have friends both young and old.

Study nature.

Study zen.

Avoid making value judgments.

Cast the I Ching.

Read the Tao.

Make choices by chance procedures, and regard all results with even mindedness.

Be clear.

Be uncluttered.

Have house plants.

Live and work in every direction, so that whichever way you face is front.

Drink red wine.

Study languages.

Laugh often.

Travel.

Invent new ways of doing things, and new ways of thinking.

Never stop."

by M. G.