Dance

I've wondered why I love dancing so much. I think I may have received my answer in a book not about dancing at all. Dancing, I think, is perhaps a little like playing the agogo at an umbanda. Dancing is a form of expression....of life, of love, of beauty and freedom....of desire. When you dance, you free your body of inhibitions, letting yourself be moved by the melodies of the universe. But by learning how to dance, by learning the steps of this ancient art, you do more. You control the melodies. When your feet move in rhythm with the tabla, you are moving in rhythm with the harmony of the earth. By controlling your movements while in that spirit of ecstasy, you control the flow of the world. You move the music of nature with your body. When you express desire, desire is created around you and moves with that hasty beat of the tabla, when you sway with passion the flute echoes your love, when you fall in agony, you take the world into the abyss with you. When you dance, you understand...you know that there is something deeper something more powerful than all the humans put together, something more beautiful, and in expressing that beauty you create it. You become a believer.