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2006-08-27 - 7:28 p.m. Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine I signed up for a level one flamenco dance class today. I find it funny that for years I've wanted to take a belly dance class and just never gotten around to it. But just a week or so back I watched flamenco dancers and was mesmerized and now I'm signed up for a class. I'm weird sometimes. I've seen flamenco before and not been mesmerized, so I don't know what is different now or why it calls to me. It's partly that I've been more interested in all things Spanish over the past while - I read a blog of a girl traveling in Spain off and on and the architecture and the art and the culture are beautiful. I'd like to see Spain. It's partly the influence of my good for me/bad for me friend - though he screwed up his face in disgust at the idea of me taking flamenco - I think I recognize in him some of the things that are missing from my life: a certain way of being in the world that is more laid back, more easy going and more able to enjoy the moment. I think that's why Spanish things are calling to me too - a recognition of things I need in my life. I spent some time watching this slide show of flamenco pictures and it just made me more interested. I've had such a good weekend. My mood has been so mellow and happy and creative. I wish I could bottle myself for the times that I'm not feeling as good. The last few days I've had such a strong sense that everything is going to be fine. That I will have a long, happy, fulfilled life. That I have the wisdom and ability to create the life I really want and that things that I've always thought were out of my grasp really will become possible.
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