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I Was Wrong
You say stay and never leave
You say meant forever
I could believe you, but I don’t

You say we’re almost alone together
All alone
You say
You say you will
I know you won’t
I was wrong
I was wrong to ever doubt
I can get along without
I can love my fellow man
But I’m damned if I’ll love yours
In a bar that’s […]

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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.”
- Albert Einstein

Painful, wrenching. A lot of me in this, especially the end. Satisfying that it is done. Can’t imagine who will want to read it for it’s own worth. Now comes the editing and clean up, but I think that will wait until next week.

Nice feeling…all done. Now, onto the home work!

For the last week I’ve been afflicted with earworms. Not one, or two, but a whole damn rotating selection. Mainly SoM songs: Vision Thing, If You Don’t See Me, Lucretia, Marian…but I also have Garsaiidi tunes in there.

‘No lover spoke a harsh word to the beloved.’ - Hafiz
‘We must be the change we wish to see in the world.’ - Gandhiji
‘Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it!’ Santayana

I don’t exist when you don’t see me
I don’t exist when you’re not here
What the eye don’t see won’t break the heart
You can make believe when we’re apart
But when you leave I disappear…

Shareen is a beautiful, wise woman. She talked extensively about focus and philosophy of the dance, and what she learned while performing in Egypt alongside “The Greats”. Reminded me of my original instruction, and I wonder how much of the dance is being lost by the introduction of Western-trained dancers who do not seem generally […]