Image by Getty Images via @daylifeI don't know if it has been very obvious, but I haven't said a word since a week ago Monday. And that isn't like me. Though the formal part of my fellowship is over, the learning has just begun. In the days and weeks ahead, I know that I will reflect and re-learn from the experience I have been through.Maybe, I am just a little wistful about not having a scheduled class on Saturday and Sunday. Maybe I just needed to rest.
But I did lay the groundwork for dance technique classes. Armed with my Ailey "key card" I have already begun plotting about going just for the day to New York, and taking a class. You say, why don't you take a dance class in Boston? There are plenty to choose from and instructors of the highest quality.
I don't know if this will make sense, but the feeling of being away from one's home base, at least for me, is terribly liberating. It allows me to challenge myself, take risks, even look ridiculous. But it feels like it is restructuring not only my body but allowing my brain to stretch and evolve. The act of new experiences (I had never taken class in New York) has in fact, "revived" my heart, my creativity, my spirit.
And so as we head for the last holiday weekend, it is now a fact that I will be going to New York for a day and can go and challenge myself again.
But certainly not for the last time this academic year. Nor will this be my last entry in the blog. Writing is a tool that I have rediscovered just in time.
