Perfect Posture, False Facts, Politics of Time | UC Berkeley

Thought Lounge Podcast

Imagine a man walking down the streets of Berkeley, California, wearing nothing but trash bags and tattered clothes, with tousled hair and dirt caked all over his nearly soleless shoes... yet he has perfect posture, as if a two-by-four is strapped to his back. This tells a different story about the man. Posture can denote class, confidence, arrongance, and personality. For the singer, it is tone and correct use of the body as an instrument. For the keyboardist it is equilibrium and the ability to move in any direction with precise force at any moment. For the zen master it is attentiveness. For the boxer or tai-qi practitioner it is health, protection, and force. Whatever field, profession, or moment it is, posture plays a key role within it. Bio of Professor Moroney: http://music.berkeley.edu/people/davitt-moroney/ Bio of Professor Zook: http://iastp.berkeley.edu/People-Detail/Darren%20Zook