tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43810170253975345562011-04-21T17:10:01.319-04:00My journal on seeing Belly Dance through history as a cultural art form to today where fusion has made Belly Dance a mainstream PhenomenonAmara Al Amirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11602498667124000839noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381017025397534556.post-87647367533308745932008-04-18T11:38:00.004-04:002008-04-18T11:48:50.233-04:00<a href="http://www.amaraalamir.com/amara/amara%20pics/Woodstock.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.amaraalamir.com/amara/amara%20pics/Woodstock.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>As I approach the autumn of my Belly Dance Career, I want to start to journal my experience with you my dear lifelong friends and new ones I hope to meet on this journey. As I stepped in this magical world of exotic images, sounds and smells, yet smells, I only remember how each day brought me closed to who I was to become. Here is a poem that might illumiate the feelings that best communicate how I have been affected.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>LIFE IS A DANCE Through dance, my soul flies free </div><br /><div>My arms like wings lift me to sheer ecstasy </div><br /><div>My feet balance the weights of this ever-changing life </div><br /><div>And my eyes see your pain and wish it away </div><br /><div>I bring my heart to you and share a spell that binds us for a moment or two Only to hope you carry that joy to another close by </div><br /><div>Through dance I talk to you and hope you do not feel alone </div><br /><div>I learn through your dreams and prayers </div><br /><div>So let us dance together and feel timeless </div><br /><div>I only ask that you understand that life moves on Dance is life and life is a dance </div><br /><div>Watch me dance and see, you'll learn like me That life is really no mystery </div><br /><div>But an adventure just waiting to be </div><div> </div><div>Please view a video that best shows my flight in <a href="http://www.amaraalamir.com/amara/You%20Tube/Green%20Karsilama.htm">Classical Turkish Belly Dance Karsilama Dance</a></div><div> </div><div>Tell me of your first feelings on day one of your journey or ask me a question....as you like</div><div>Amara Al Amir</div><div><a href="http://www.amaraalamir.com/amara/You%20Tube/Green%20Karsilama.htm"></a> </div><div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4381017025397534556-8764736753330874593?l=bellydancebyamaraalamir.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Amara Al Amirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11602498667124000839noreply@blogger.com0