Stop the words now.
Open the window in the center of your chest
and let the spirits fly in and out.
Rumi
The Inner Life of Argentine Tango: Argentine tango offers much to love and much to learn. There is the dance itself, all rigor and improvisation. Also the music, the history, the costumes, and the people who keep tango alive. And then there are the true tango lessons, the ones you learn when two people step into one another's personal space, connect at the heart, and together create a spontaneous beauty. This blog is about all of it, but mostly about this: Tango is life.
Everything that has happened is happening still
The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.
--William Faulkner
--William Faulkner
What we call imagination is rearrangement of memory
Pay attention to all that goes on around you. Remember, memory is the most important asset to an artist. What we call imagination is rearrangement of memory. You cannot imagine without memory.
The Ink-Keeper’s Apprentice
Allen Say
The Ink-Keeper’s Apprentice
Allen Say
Only Connect
What is the essence of tango?
Connection.
With what?
Your body
Your shoes
The floor
The music
Your partner
The room
The gossip
The stories
The history
Argentina, her story
The world, their story
Your history
Your story
Your self
Note to beginners: Begin where you will. It’s a circle.
Imaginative Empathy
"It's transcendence--that's what I'm striving for in all these poems: No matter what the characters go through, no matter what their end, they mean to live."
Ai, on her book of poems, "Vice"
Ai, on her book of poems, "Vice"
Would you like to dance?
Sand on snow, Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes, Michigan
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3 comments:
Wow, that's really amazingly lovely.
Thank you for sharing that quote. It makes you stop and pause. And then read it again.
One of the most wonderful things about this blog is the people it has brought into my life in one way or another.
You are one.
I am starting my day off right with your post of the Marx Brothers skit.
Long ago, my father worked midnights, so he would get up at about 11 p.m. and we would have snacks and watch the Marx Brothers reruns together.
Seeing this clip makes me laugh with warm, happy tears in my eyes. Thank you!
I especially like the it starting at 3:46--music and dancing!
http://tangobaby2.blogspot.com/2007/12/silly-cure-redux-pour-mon-pauvre-garon.html
Well, hello there.
Thank you for the wonderfully heartfelt reply. One Heart Dancing must describe you perfectly.
I'm glad the Marx Brothers made you happy today and brought back some sweet memories for you. (I have some Laurel and Hardy posted, too.)
I've just discovered your blog and will look forward to reading more about you and your tango journey.
besos.
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