a convergence happened in june. of art and movement. of the familiar and new. of two of my disparate (and burgeoning) loves. of handbound books and dancing.
amanda lovelee's call and answer project brought strangers together to eat pie, to pull prints to be assembled into books, to square dance, and above all else, to celebrate community and connection. when i happened upon the event at the minnesota center for book arts, during the twin cities nuit blanche festivities, i immediately knew. i was home.
i was home cranking prints for a poignant little book on community and square dancing to be folded together later for sharing.
i was home fumbling through the caller's instructions. allemande-ing left, honoring my partner, bowing to my corner, promenading home.
home you are and home you be. i knew i had returned home after all of that spinning and laughing and living and connecting.
for more on amanda's inspiring project see here (and if you look closely you'll even see my absolute joy in one of the sequences).
(and... it goes without saying, but i'm tickled to have found a small, though vibrant, group of dancing folk in my backyard. it had been weeks since i smiled and laughed as much as i did last night.)
