are you awake?
/I am. The wind is blowing the house down.
So I’m up,
I’m giddy and unable to sleep because something woke up in me last Wednesday — right after I sent you that last newsletter.
That something has been groggily waking up for a long time now, but last week it got me sitting up straight, eyes wide open.
This thing I asked us to imagine?
It’s taking shape, in a way I couldn’t have imagined, and it’s moving fast.
I promised myself that this newsletter would be dedicated to what it’s always been dedicated to:
- Dancing.
- Creativity.
- Imagination.
- Our beautiful world.
I promised myself the new newsletter, the one I am sending out on Mondays, that it would be dedicated to:
- Taking action.
- Organizing.
- Mobilizing.
- Our beautiful world.
But thats misguided.
These things are the same.
They come from the same place and swim in the same body of water.
My longtime friend Kate is visiting.
(She’s sleeping upstairs as we speak).
Last night we stayed up late: Envisioning, Dreaming of, and Wondering about this event I am putting together for January 8th.
After lots of conversation
(and cake.
and wine.
ice cream too),
Kate said:
“You're planning a dance class for January 8th. Sure, it's taking on a different form, with different players. And no, nobody will know it’s a dance class…it won’t even enter their mind. But you’ll know: You'll know that what you all are doing together is dancing."
She's right.
When people leave the event I am getting together for Sunday January 8th, I hope I don’t hear them say:
“Well, good. I know exactly what to do now. I have a plan. Glad that's over and done with.”
I hope what I do hear them say is:
“Hmmmmmm…….we're just at the beginning, aren't we?"
*|FNAME|*, your Dance Mission is to enter into and engage with your experiences and your encounters this week by saying "hmmmmm.....is this a beginning?"
Just for practice.
Let me know how it goes. With Warmth, always, Joanna of Joanna and The Agitators sweetly agitating/persistently upending www.joannaandtheagitators.com