Aisha Azar
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And its obvious to me that you have closed your mind to whatever I say that might not be of the same thinking as yourself. You ARE very new to belly dance and perhaps like so many others, you choose to bend the dance to your will rather than letting it be what it is. The dance might live within you, but it also is something in its own right, that has nothing at all to do with your or me. We all have done things we are not proud of and you are not different. This has nothing whatsoever to do with belly dance. I would say look to the dance and try to see the ways in which you can honor it, instead of looking only at the ways in which it can serve you. When you can do that, THEN you are a dancer. Belly dance is not about the spirit or soul of Khanjar only, but the spirit and soul of a people. A culture, after all, is supposed to be represented in this dance, not just you alone.
In Dance,
A'isha
It is obvious to me, that whatever I write, you will find a fault with, as though it is whatever I think or do can never be right in your view. Yes, I am new to Belly Dance, but I am not new to life, and have done some things in my past life I am not proud of,armed forces springs to mind, but has lead me to here, the point where I wish to exercise leniency to all others and to understand, or at least try to. My past has enabled me to be what I am now, which I believe is a wholly better person, my apprenticeship is done, now I am to explore what it is to be me in this world we have before us. Belly dance I will learn and practice, it is me to do so.
And its obvious to me that you have closed your mind to whatever I say that might not be of the same thinking as yourself. You ARE very new to belly dance and perhaps like so many others, you choose to bend the dance to your will rather than letting it be what it is. The dance might live within you, but it also is something in its own right, that has nothing at all to do with your or me. We all have done things we are not proud of and you are not different. This has nothing whatsoever to do with belly dance. I would say look to the dance and try to see the ways in which you can honor it, instead of looking only at the ways in which it can serve you. When you can do that, THEN you are a dancer. Belly dance is not about the spirit or soul of Khanjar only, but the spirit and soul of a people. A culture, after all, is supposed to be represented in this dance, not just you alone.
In Dance,
A'isha