“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.” ~
“I was pirouette and flourish, I was filigree and flame. How could I count my blessings when I didn’t know their names?” ~ Rita Dove
We have reached one of the first fissures of ‘The Divine Diva Tour: A Fairy’s Tale’, where the easy and light escapism gives way to something dimmer and more disturbing – a dark ballet indeed. A certain amount make-believe and imagination is a necessity – and largely lost in todays world, so this may have less power and import than it did twenty years ago, when those things were still activated at a young age. Now, our imaginations, and the way a child can live within their own mind, has been supplanted by phones and online machinations. Society is already so much worse for it.
Twenty years ago, however, there was a danger of living too much within one’s imagination, and getting lost in the forest of that space. That’s the moment we are arriving at in this fairy’s tale, and it sets the stage for darker paths to follow…
~ The Divine Diva Tour: A Fairy’s Tale ~
- Pink Frilly Fairy: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three
- Homage to Herb: Part One, Part Two and Part Three
- A Purple-Hued Interlude
- Style & Panache: Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four.
- Purple Puff Confection: Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four.
- A Blue-Hued Interlude
- Fuchsia Fabulousness: Part One. Part Two and Part Three.
- Bad Boy Bangs: Part One, Part Two. and Part Three.
- Vanity Under Where: Part One, Part Two. and Part Three.
- Sugar Plum Ballerina: Part One and Part Two.
