down going
Linda at The Americans for the Arts Annual Convention. photo by Lauren Click, 2018.
last night i sat on the couch and stared into space for a very long time.
there was a never ending to-do list to my right.
the cat was on my left, and i was petting her silky furry body.
without warning, i slowly slid, down into the cushions.
head first, feet last.
i dove and dove and dove, into the couch.
hips twisting upward, ankles in air, elbows pushing down so the rest of me went up, or out.
my head hung off the side and my arms were reaching.
this way, and than that.
this went on for hours, the cat continuing to purr as i danced around her silky furry body.
she rested her paw on my head from time to time.
my head that was burrowing beneath the cushions.
my down going on the couch started at 5pm.
my body finally touched earth, at eight.
i missed dinner.
i’m scrambling to get through my to-do list this morning, sitting on the same couch, lap desk resting on legs that are folded beneath my body.
the cat is again to my left, purring, as i pet her silky furry body.
it’s very hard not to down go again.
diving.
diving.
diving.
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As I mentioned in the last newsletter, I'm offering a couple of free dance classes in September, before the fall dance session begins, and I'd love for you to join me:
Tuesdays: September 4th & 11th and /or Thursdays: September 6th & 13th
10:15am-12:15pm in The Trixie Room at The Boulder Circus Center.
You are welcome to come to as many of these free dance classes between September 4th and September 13th as you wish.
Know that these dance classes are:
Quiet.
Delicate sometimes.
With a bent toward the internal.
Sometimes dance class gets loud, yes.
And sometimes it gets fierce, forceful, and wild.
But much of the time, it is slow moving...maybe even still.
Whatever happens in the space for those two hours though, we are connected -- always -- by the individual threads of our creative unfurling.
"There is no place I would rather be." -- Paulette, Current Student of 5 years.
Email me if you'd like to attend.
With Warmth,
Joanna
of
Joanna and the Agitators
sweetly agitating/persistently upending
www.joannaandtheagitators.com
PS: Would you mind sharing this newsletter with a friend?
Maybe even bring that friend to one of the free classes :).
xo