Garth Brook’s song, The Dance, has long been a measure of meaning in my life. When I’m wondering if a failure or heartbreak was worth the pain, I think about his words and find perspective.
“And now I’m glad I didn’t know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I’d have had to miss the dance.”
This past weekend my husband and I attended a Blues Festival in downtown Minneapolis. The people watching was fabulous. There are those who look like they’ve just left a boardroom meeting, and those who are in more, um, creative dress. Purple hats? Got ‘em. Purple hair? Sure. Reto-hippie-“I’ve gotta be me” styles? By the dozens. The “what are they wearing?” group…too many too count.
The tandem part of personal expression comes in the form of dance. There are wigglers, toe-tappers, shoulder thrusters, hip-checkers, head-bobbers, and full on body contortions. Some bodies sync to the music beat, while others are listening to rhythms of their own making. It’s delightful to watch, and infectious to be around.
While we were sipping our beer and enjoying the show, a man, aided by a cane, emerged from the crowd. His neck and limbs were twisted in different directions, and forward movement came with jerky, unstable, effort. He stopped on a landing slightly above the dance area and began to sway as best he could. The look on his face was transformed by the driving beat; almost, almost, as if he were no longer caged in his physical body. After a few minutes an older lady stood from the seated onlookers and walked over to him. She looked him in the eyes, and then wordlessly began to dance with him. They finished two dances before she drifted away. I felt like we had been invited into his private fantasy for a few precious moments, and it was a thing of beauty. Given his condition, I bet the lousy days outnumber the good ones. He could have stayed home and let the world drift by, but he didn’t. He would have missed the dance.
“A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.” ~ Honore de Balzac
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