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Showing posts with label dance. Show all posts

Saturday, 7 February 2015

Dance through life.

In every living moment of life, even with blisters of pain, you have to dance through life, not only with your feet but with your heart too. It is believed that a dance is the heart speaking in actions. Whatever it is that life bestows, you learn to dance in the rhythm of life, enjoying each step even if you have to bare your soul because dance reveals that in your life which music cannot. Life is always  uncertain, ever changing, out of control sometimes even in the best of circumstances and always challenging whether life is a smooth ride or a stepping on the toes. It has to move on with a rhythm, steering in a direction of its unfolding itself.  It is a fact that life dances and it is a mysterious gift of being alive, full of life. You have no other option but to dance along, with a skill of dancing through life and learning to move from pain to joy in life.

Life is a dance , where adversity is a misstep, but if you waltz through it gaining rhythm it is a challenging art of life. The various forms of dance are like the transitions in life. The music to which you dance is the rhythm of life. You can make it one that gives immense joy, while facing the challenges of life with all its expressions. It is a dance with all its expressions, one learnt as you go through life, where you either lead or follow. Though you know your steps, you may have to make up the steps at some point of time. In most of them you follow a music or you make up your own music to waltz, which is your choice and as you dance your feet is stepped upon. It can be a slow waltz or a fast one, but the best part of dance and life is that you can step in at any time, dance any form we choose to and it never matters if we know the steps or not. You can make them as you go unless you are dancing to a set rules of life. Dance as you wish but take care not to step upon another's feet while dancing. The rhythm of life takes you to the dance floor of life.

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain."Vivian Greene. What ever happens in life, you can moan about it or dance your way enjoying the little blessings. If you keep moaning life becomes standstill without any rhythm. Turn the music of your life on and dance to its rhythm being thankful for the life you have been given and what you have. 

Monday, 6 October 2014

The Aesthetic Peacock Dance.

The excellent and exquisite peacock dance reflects in it, the respect for beauty,  honesty and peace. It loves overcast skies and rains, which makes it dance in explicit beauty.  A peacock has a very vital role in music, dance, art and literature. It has its own place  in folklore and there are many tales woven round peacocks. It is considered a beautiful, majestic and graceful bird with charming colors; a peacock is a symbol of vision, hope, watchfulness, royalty and guidance; famous for its display of its fanned feathers, dazzling plumage to attract and impress its mate. Its spreading of feathers is a vital part of its complex dance, strutting, quaking and fanning its train. The beautiful long feathers growing from the bird's back forms its ornamental train.

The peacock is one of the most beautiful birds and its beauty is legendary. The national bird of India is stunningly beautiful with its neck color and attractive markings on its tail. The beautiful plumage is an inspiration. They have a breathtakingly beautiful plumage with  vibrant iridescent marks and a spectrum of different colors in it. It has a beautiful crest that looks like a crown on its head giving it a regal appearance. They are usually seen with a harem of peahens around. Its tail is a tuft of brown feathers, but the train in the middle is often mistaken for its tail. It is believed that the peahen chooses its mate on the quality of its train. The peacock uses its huge fan like tail or train to dance and attract the peahen. It also dances when clouds gather in the sky and it is about to rain. The  dance of the peacock is significantly used in poems and works of different art forms.

In the enchanting Lake Forest, near the lake in a small park, I happened to witness the peacock dance with all its significance. The peahen spends very little time to gaze at the peacock, when it fans the  gorgeous plumage and struts around. They were busy pecking on the ground. The sparkling courtship dance of the peacock is a beautiful experience of how it woos and lures the peahen; and its celebration. Its dance is breathtakingly beautiful. The dexterity of the peacock in using its long and beautiful plumage in its dance, with its  graceful movement with its claws,  is very difficult to describe in words. It is great seeing a peacock with its colorful fan plumage, but it is different to see it dance in all its significance,  in the picturesque beauty of nature, the sky with heavy clouds about to burst and pour.

The   rain clouds that indicate the arrival of rain, tempts the peacock to dance and rejoice with its spread out plumage,   as a part of its courtship.  Peacock is a symbol of integrity and the beauty shown in its true colors. It is a sign of new breath in  life, that rejuvenates. Being one with nature and the experience of a peacock dancing is memorable. There are things in life that touch you somewhere, very deeply inside, that streams colors in your journey of life.  When dark clouds gather and the peacocks opening their brilliant plumage,it  is a beautiful sight to behold. When it rains, you want to sing and dance forgetting everything else in gay abandon. Watching a beautiful peacock dance with its lusciously brilliant plumage open is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful sights, it is Nature's beautiful painting with peacocks  dancing.