To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Physical movement like shaking your rump is presented as a form of environmental awareness.
- In plain terms
- Dancing or moving your body counts as being green.
- What can you take from it?
- Small physical acts can express awareness.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can art support environmentalism?
- Does physical action count as awareness?
Another view
The link between dancing and environment is unclear.
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