Rebecca Sutter

Philosopher  ·  Educator  ·  Somatic Practitioner

The Physics of Meaning

I study how human beings continue to develop throughout life. My work explores the relationship between movement, imagination, perception, symbolic understanding, ecology, and human development — through artistic practice, developmental psychology, and long-term observation.

For more than twenty years, my laboratory has been the dance studio, the classroom, the rehearsal process, and everyday life. Today that work has expanded into developmental theory, artistic research, children's curricula, and writing. More about me →

I did not begin with a theory. I began by paying attention.

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Theory becomes meaningful through practice.

Whether you're an educator, artist, parent, researcher, or someone navigating a period of transformation, I offer spaces where these ideas can be explored through movement, dialogue, curriculum, consultation, and collaborative inquiry.

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Courses on the Literacies

Recorded, self-paced courses on each of the four literacies — for people who want to work through the framework at their own pace, in their own time.

Somatic Literacy Attentional Literacy Pattern Literacy Temporal Literacy
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The Founding Myth

The Circle and the Line

Before the framework had a name, it had a story. The myth of Zero and One — presence and becoming, the loop and the race, and the weaving between them. Told in seven movements.

"You have been weaving Zero and One since before you had words for either — the soul speaks in symbols long before it speaks in sentences."

Read it slowly. It is already reading you.

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