Memories are events recorded in our brains based on emotions experienced by our entire bodies. An idea is a person’s interpretation of memories. Music is the acoustic expression of an idea.
When two people join in the tango embrace they attempt to make something unique and pleasurable; they endeavor to convey in movement the emotions that became a song.
This is not always a harmonious union; sometimes one of the partners is more worried about appearance than connection.
An insult shouted at you from afar is not as hurtful as one spoken to your face. An injury inflicted when two people are connected physically, emotionally, mentally and possibly even spiritually can be extremely painful.
We think not just with our heads but also with our hearts, our hands and much, much more.
The dancer who gives 100% to the endeavor experiences 100% of the disappointment in the the couple's failure to connect, not just with each other but to the song as well.
The unforgivable sin in tango is to join in the embrace and then to dance alone.
For more of the Kayak Hombre, read my books Fear of Intimacy and the Tango Cure and River Tango. Available at Amazon.com in paperback or Kindle editions.
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