The body is like an elaborate metaphor. One may be able to taste and not swallow, like the anorexic, or to swallow and not integrate, like the bulimic or obese.

The connection between conscious and unconscious poses particular problems in the dancer because the body is the soul of action.

Without an understanding of myth or religion, without an understanding of the relationship between destruction and creation, death and rebirth, the individual suffers the mysteries of life as meaningless mayhem alone.

Moreover, perfectionist standards do not allow for failure. They do not even allow for life, and certainly not death.

It takes great courage to break with one's past history and stand alone.