The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #28713   Message #358520
Posted By: katlaughing
17-Dec-00 - 01:43 AM
Thread Name: Power and Performing
Subject: RE: Power and Performing
Song circles

Circles of sound

Ever-widening

Encompassing

Being At One, together

In ripples of sound

In the circle of Life.

Nothing quite like it, Jeri, my heart soars and sings, along with every fibre of my being when I make that connection and it always feels as though I am singing my absolute best because I get such a lift from the energy which is circling back and forth.

There is an exercise in Tai Chi called Push Hands. Two people stand face to face and without actually touching hands, do a kind of Tai Chi back and forth "dance", for lack of a better word. Anyway, you are each supposed to *feel* the other person's energy and anticipate what move s/he is going to make with their hand(s) next and meet them there with your hands. When done by experienced persons it is an elegant and beautiful thing to watch. I have seen similar power in that giving and receiving as in singing, at times.

Allan, you did beautifully, in person and on the radio. With experience in HearMe/PalTalk, even a microphone can become an audience:-) and I am sure you would do well regardless, in fact you did early on in HearMe, didn't you?

kat