if you don’t feel like a dancer, try martial arts! It gave me better balance, control, and flexibility, and the dojo I was at was very welcoming. I’m getting clumsy again after moving and I really need to start again!
Dec 23, 2024
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I dance poorly; I am somehow fundamentally ungraceful, and knowing I will never be excellent has made it easier for me to really enjoy and build habits around dance. I’m taking ballet now, I took ballroom and flamenco in college, it’s a lot of fun, and an added benefit is that dance is one of the most effective forms of movement for improving mental health and wellbeing.
May 13, 2024
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I started taking ballet classes and it helped so much with flexibility and movement. I jump around so much on stage and I feel like my balance has improved, I feel more stretched out. The classical piano music gets my brain to instantly unwind. It's hard, but rewarding. And you get to wear cute outfits.
Jun 13, 2023
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This applies to popular works that are often recommended by others (for me: bell hooks’s work, Man’s Search for Meaning, Braiding Sweetgrass) but it also applies to the classics that people don’t necessarily recommend because they’re difficult— often assigned instead of recommended because they’re important— but their significance and perceived difficulty often overshadows the fact that yes, they’re actually really that fucking good. The works in this category that come to mind for me are Moby Dick and Le Samouraï. What are yours?
Oct 19, 2024
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Der Himmel uber Berlin. Slow cinema. Magical Realism. The actors that are cast as angels are entirely believable as angels. A beautiful yearning romance with not only a woman, but the human experience. Nick Cave is there. A New Year’s film, to me.
Sep 28, 2024
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surprised no one else has mentioned her! Florence Welch has the voice, looks, and passion of a pre-raphaelite siren luring you into the ocean to drown because that’s how much she loves you.
Dec 23, 2024