"A poetic body is always now, present, and responds from an integrative sense of the moment at hand." The Improvisational Body The integrative process weds the complex, physio-psychological functions of the body, activities that synthesize neural, sensorial, cognitive, and intuitive processes that contribute to an 'in-time' timeless experience, likened to the saying, a whole universe found in a grain of sand. Spiritual teachers often describe this experience as 'being present.' In dancing, the artist is wholly present with every move, every gesture made, attentive to an invisible dialogue being made visible, unfolding in time. Paradoxically, this integrative process is also one of division-a letting go of, not acquiring or adding but rather subtracting-a "body without organs," according to Gilles Deleuze: -1, less is more, an absolute unity, a practice that transcends the art form itself- translation: the simple act of being (with) - A Poetic Life