Spiritual Journey Thursday: Shall We Dance?

5/4/2023

"Shine" ©mixed media art, Jone Rush MacCulloch, gift for a graduate

Christine asks, "Shall we dance?" And she shares several music offerings and a poem.
This line from Lord of the Dance speaks to me: Dance, then, wherever you may be.

I have been retired since June 2018, almost five years. I've been learning new dances as I move further away from my teaching days (complicated by the two years that was the pandemic when time stood still). Maybe I have learn some of these dances before but they have a new twist, a new nuance.
I am learning the dance of 70, feeling more sassy, curious.
I am learning the dance of art, or creating.
I am learning the dance of rejection and acceptance as I submit poems for publications.(I've submitted more this year than another year).
I am learning the dance of grief as friends and acquaintances struggle with health and family issues.
I am learning the dance of intuition, discovering my visual signatures of the moon and spiral, both dancing n the universe.
I am thinking of this art piece above as I danced with it into creation. It will have a companion piece, "You can dance, no matter where you are."

Dance wherever you may be in joy, in love, in grief, and for each season.

arjeha link

5/4/2023 12:29:09 pm

Jone, our dances change throughout our lifetime. We learn new steps to dances we may have only observed before. I have been retired since 2013 and although my dances have changed, the joy of dancing has not.

Jone MacCulloch

5/4/2023 12:32:06 pm

I so agree with Arjeha! The joy is there!

Linda Mitchell

5/4/2023 06:35:11 pm

Jone this is beautiful. I love that you are dancing with sassy! Love your artwork with your signature moon. This piece embodies your sparkle.

Fran Haley link

5/5/2023 03:02:37 am

Love the interconnectedness of dance, creating, overcoming, and embracing the facets of life - and the invitation!

Margaret Simon link

5/5/2023 07:03:47 am

You are learning the dance of inspiration as I dance alongside you on this journey.

Denise Krebs link

5/5/2023 07:50:50 am

Jone, what a beautiful post. In all these things, we can dance. I love the beginning of your lines: "I am learning the dance of..." Yes, to learning at 65 and 70 and beyond. I love that. I too want to learn the dances of joy, love, grief. Thank you for sharing your heart.

Karen Eastlund

5/5/2023 07:38:04 pm

Jone: I like your mixed media art and especially your poem of new dances. I certainly can relate to them. It is a good time of life, even when the dancing gets slower. Shine on!

Ramona link

5/7/2023 07:03:22 pm

What a beautiful poem you shared with us! I like how you're learning to dance through all the seasons. I've been retired since 2014 and still trying to weed through my files. I need to learn a new dance for saying goodbye to the paper!
Your collage is exquisite. Lucky graduate!

Carol Varsalona link

5/8/2023 08:05:10 am

Jone, it is so lovely that you added a beautiful mixed media package (art and poetry). I like the repetitive perspective on what you learned over the years. I feel your celebratory stance in this post and wish you a continued dancing spirit to create...

PATRICIA J FRANZ link

5/9/2023 11:05:17 am

I'm grateful for your encouragement, Jone, to dance no matter what - to persevere. I'll be digging deep for some of that.

Chris link

5/12/2023 03:35:05 am

The artwork is stunning, the dance of line and shape and color and message! I am nodding my head to your use of dance with the stages of our lives, the nuances that change with our circumstances. Adaptation is a sort of dance, for sure.

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