tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567846911414225929.post7901246878571012631..comments2021-04-11T18:35:24.534+01:00Comments on skywritings: anima(l) mundi: bartabasdavid williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17972996242468146343noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567846911414225929.post-24586198503812447782015-03-23T21:12:08.628+00:002015-03-23T21:12:08.628+00:00See Karine Ciupa in the bibliographic listing at t...See Karine Ciupa in the bibliographic listing at the bottom of the text. It was in French originally, I translated it. Here's the reference again: Ciupa, Karine (1997). ‘Bartabas: des chevaux et des hommes’ (interview with Bartabas), Cipria Magazine, July-August, 76-9david williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972996242468146343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567846911414225929.post-22718898631893191152015-03-23T20:54:10.761+00:002015-03-23T20:54:10.761+00:00‘Horses have taught me everything. It is said [ori...‘Horses have taught me everything. It is said [originally by the French natural historian Buffon] that ‘the horse is man’s most noble conquest’, but I don’t agree at all. Man is the horse’s most noble conquest. For a horse is a mirror; it reflects back at us our mistakes and our moods. Every horse must be approached in a different way, just like people, and sometimes the encounter is completely disarming. Horses have taught me that there are no absolute rules. Nothing is ever finally acquired with them, and nothing ever happens as predicted. Working with horses means knowing how to adapt. [...] Loving horses and living with them also means being chained to them, like children. It’s not enough just to ride them, you have to look after them, care for them, stay vigilant; they didn’t choose to be there, we chose for them. Horses have also taught me that there’s a vast world between the dream one has and what one manages to do. But the greater the richness at the outset, the greater what remains at the end. At that stage, the relationship is no longer physical but psychic; one thinks of a movement and the horse does it. Sometimes the horse only traces the outline of the movement desired, and you must reward him for that, for he will have understood the work’s essence. Time spent with a horse is never time wasted; it’s fundamental, it’s the soul. One mustn’t let oneself be caught in the dissipations and dispersals that characterise our flawed lives at this century’s end. One mustn’t give in to comfort’ (Bartabas in Ciupa 1997:79).<br /><br />where did you find this quote, i cannot find the origin of it, would be much appreciated..<br /><br />many thanks<br /><br />alishaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com