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Great post with some real meat in there. It's i...

2009-07-21T20:11:26.066-07:00

Great post with some real meat in there.

It's interesting that tango is her place of totally letting go. For me, it's a place where I can be totally in control -- but not at the same time.

Good question! I suppose they don't necessarily h...

2009-07-21T12:32:47.961-07:00

Good question! I suppose they don't necessarily have to be mutually exclusive. Really, we're all probably saying the same thing, just with different words.

Yes, Tango is a bitch! ;-) And we love it so.

Well, as another friend, a man, says: "Tango's a b...

2009-07-21T11:59:23.187-07:00

Well, as another friend, a man, says: "Tango's a bitch."

Thanks everyone for weighing in on my friend's tho...

2009-07-21T11:21:08.074-07:00

Thanks everyone for weighing in on my friend's thoughtful comment. I have to say, she does not seem to sit much or for very long. A good attitude really helps send out good vibes.

Love the fly fishing analogy. It's true, isn't it,...

2009-07-21T11:03:08.863-07:00

Love the fly fishing analogy. It's true, isn't it, in that what you captured can't be kept.

And also, thank you for your persepctive on the waiting game. It's all about attitude, isn't it? I do try at times to be very cool about my "sit-upon" getting sore from sitting so long and try to convince myself that it's quality that counts, not quantity. But I'm human, my ego does get affronted from time to time. And yet, as if tango is a fickle lover, I return again and again for those fleeting moments of what can be captured but not kept.

Great post!! Thanks for sharing. Stay connected w...

2009-07-21T01:27:13.493-07:00

Great post!!
Thanks for sharing.

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Tina: Well, I guess it might depend on your defini...

2009-07-20T23:17:44.425-07:00

Tina: Well, I guess it might depend on your definition of "meditation" but to me meditation is being totally present, not checked out. Are social activities and meditation mutually exclusive?

Ahm... what are milongas then, if not social!

2009-07-20T22:14:30.975-07:00

Ahm... what are milongas then, if not social!

Nice and lovely! But regarding this part: "Perhap...

2009-07-20T22:08:57.506-07:00

Nice and lovely! But regarding this part: "Perhaps newcomers see the Tango as a social dance, when it is really more of a meditation"

I believe that tango IS a social dance...and not a meditation... Never, ever a meditation. To me, meditation = not being present. Unless I'm taking this the wrong way.

And no, I'm not a newcomer , I got my opinion that it is social, from dancing with old milongueros for a year and a half straight in the birthplace of tango...

But anyway, yes, very thoughtful comment with some nice analogies.

The fishing analogy is dead on.

2009-07-20T11:22:31.276-07:00

The fishing analogy is dead on.

I loved this. I have to agree with your writer ab...

2009-07-19T15:03:47.563-07:00

I loved this. I have to agree with your writer about dancing for personal fulfillment and about it being the only place where we don't have to lead.
I never thought of Tango as being a social dance. Ceroc is a social dance where people dance to music they would normally never dance to. Not in Tango. At least not the people that really care about the music and their dancing.
I particularly like her last line of the post. People should lighten up on their expectations and just see what happens.

Amen, sister! Well said. Thanks, Elizabeth, for po...

2009-07-19T14:48:02.837-07:00

Amen, sister!
Well said.
Thanks, Elizabeth, for posting, because you're right--these comments deserve their own space.

me too! thanks for your post & this follow up. w...

2009-07-19T12:10:06.803-07:00

me too! thanks for your post & this follow up. we happen to be having just this conversation in the local community, at the moment. hopefully, something constructive will come of it.
best wishes~!