wind play

Dancing With the Wind

There is a wind so fierce it clears

out anything that doesn't

belong here and leaves me

clean as newly written

notes played for the first

time on a silver flute. The

melody tickles my feet

until I dance like the trees

and gulp great gusts of air.

I stop to rest only after I'm

spent, drunk on the energy

of the evening, hair so

tangled with knots

that I play the part of the

wild woman, empress of

the sky, a gypsy sent to

tell the world's fortune and

weave magic into dreams.

The wind blows straight to

the heart of the unknown,

and without a pause,

I follow it home.

Danna Faulds

One of my favorite practices is dancing with the wind as partner. There is such a spontaneity required to respond to the winds ever changing gust intensities and rhythms. Playing with the wind with a scarf being buffeted adds to the ability to feel the sensitivities of the wind - so much fun!

Thank you for viewing / reading. I hope that this blog may inspire you to also play and dance with the wind next time you find yourself in it.

There is a film in the black space below :~)

Music: Satowa

Filmed by Brooke

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