Friday

I just realized: Tomorrow I will celebrate six years of writing this blog.  It used to be better, funnier, more light. I looked through some of my favorites, and those that people enjoyed. Everyone goes through stages, and this last year has been my stage for integrating tango, and writing, and for enjoying it. 

The thing I realized is that there are all these subtle forces that render us silent, or shall we say, cause a  softening one's message. It is a particular challenge when one is writing about their own subculture.  You would think that something like surfing, or dancing would be free of the censors, or free from the people who don't want you talking, or thinking, writing, or even meeting up at the milonga.  But just ask and Argentine person who lived through some recent decades.  Ask.

 My friend Chas Smith (a surfer) just had a piece in the New York Times Sunday Magazine this past Sunday about the surf and extreme sports culture, about a certain family in Orange County.  Chas writes the truth about the dark underbelly of these things.  And  what happens when a writer is afraid?  That is what oppressions and holocausts are made of. Reading his work, reminded me of the importance, and relevance of saying what matters. Of speaking the truth as observed.  Not abstract, but truth told.

And  I am celebrating all that the writing has brought to me and to the continuation of speaking the truth.

Here are some of the entries I wrote back before I realized how dark things can get if you say it like it is.


Crazy Lady:
http://elizabethbrinton.blogspot.com/2008/03/crazy-lady.html
A story whereby I "help" newbies. 

Igor and Morticia
http://elizabethbrinton.blogspot.com/2009/10/workshop-schedule-igor-and-morticia.html

Small Conversation
http://elizabethbrinton.blogspot.com/2009/11/small-conversation.html


Entrega
http://elizabethbrinton.blogspot.com/2008/01/entrega.html
Trying to explain the unexplainable

Special Tango Goggles
http://elizabethbrinton.blogspot.com/2009/09/we-went-to-milonga-on-saturday-night-in.html
Really, goggles....


Why people quit tango.  People quit tango?
http://elizabethbrinton.blogspot.com/2009/07/breaking-even.html


The Tango Break
http://elizabethbrinton.blogspot.com/2009/05/tango-break.html


Whereby I find my true teachers.
http://elizabethbrinton.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-tour-guides.html

There are a lot more.  I hope you read them and get something from it. Or just go dance.  What else is there really?
There is more.  Stay tuned.  We are not silenced.
Thank You Charlie for upholding the truth.