Palm to palm is holy palmer's kiss

I had a brilliant day today.  

Suck on that bitches.

I have also found ballet breathtakingly beautiful.  I'm of the opinion that those who say they hate ballet because it's dull, haven't watched the right ballet.  Every little girl wants to be a ballerina and at the back of my mind that thought is still pirouetting.  Of course we want to be ballerina's, they're beautiful, graceful and get to wear lovely costumes - what's not to love?  Unfortunately, as you get older you get weighed down with judgements and other negativity until you are so laden down you can only leap like an elephant.  

Today I had my first ballet class at Aelfa and really enjoyed it.  For once in dance I felt in control. I still avoided the mirror like the plague, but I suddenly felt far more graceful and that grace made me feel happier.  It's simple science really.  Standing up nice and straight with your chin up makes you feel more confident than if you were to squish down into a ball and ballet forces you to come out of that little shell.  

Will I be the next Darcey Bussell?  Yes.  And that's not me being pig-headed.  If I want to improve then I need to believe that I can improve and come out at a very high standard - otherwise what's the point?  The next time you wistfully think of a skill you wish you were better at, tell yourself that you are awesome at that skill and keep on doing it with that positive energy.  You'll get better.  

After ballet we had vocal classes and then an introduction to Stanislavsky.  Don't get me wrong, I know the guy is very important in the acting world, but reading his books were really hard work.  Today though as we were discussing it I understood everything that I'd read!!  

Lunch followed (strictly on salads at the moment), and then we began our Historical Dancing looking specifically at the type of Renaissance dancing you might find in a Shakespeare play.  

Those of you who know me well will know immediately that I was in my element.  I love the Renaissance.  I love Shakespeare.  I love how theatre was developing at that time.  So despite the fact that it was another dance lesson, the fact it had 'Historical' in front of it had taken away the usual shiver of dread that I feel.  

So all in all, I've had a marvellous day and wanted to write it down so I never forget it.  I want to cling on to this feeling of happiness and keep it with me.  In Ballet we did lifts and I pretty much rocketed towards the ceiling and the adrenaline rush was incredible.  I want to hold on to that too.  

It made me feel infinite.