The new pink is green

It just dawned on me that I’m a terrible blogger. Nobody please count on me offering up daily pearls of wisdom or long winded accounts about the daily grind. I don’t think that’s what you’re here for, in fact, if I base it upon my own experience reading many other blogs … some people blog too much. Some people should be cut off. Not all thoughts are worthy of public consumption. I’m not that interesting.

Suddenly, I’m not feeling too guilty about not having written anything in a couple of weeks. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

If you’re wondering what’s happening here, let me warn you — in case you don’t know this — that it’s belly dance high season : year end recitals and many, many public performances before the sultry lull of the summer. Which means that those of us involved in dance in some way, shape or another, are running off our feet trying to deliver costume pieces to make those dancers shine.

I am lucky at this point of my career that most of my clients realize that if they want something unique and custom that this takes time. Even when I make a reiteration of a previous pattern, I try to make that new piece unique in its own way. This takes time too; sometimes the creative process involves much thinking time. I’m not so much in the business of selling veils as I am in the business of making them, making something special. It’s the art of dyeing that moves me and I don’t mind going that extra mile, not so much to make the sale but to please the craftman in me. I like to see the end results evolve and I like to see myself continuously learn: from my last piece, from reading and studying anything and everything about dyeing and from watching my product and others move on the stage.

Speaking of which, one of my babies is making an appearance on a new video about to be released produced by Michelle Joyce and her Cheeky Girl Productions. It’s entitled By dancers for dancers, volume 3. At about 00:34, there’s a flash of Bahaia veil dancing with one of my babies, the original “Peacock Strut” actually. You can check out the clip on Youtube when you get the chance. (if you click on Youtube, the video should open in a different window; if it doesn’t, let me know!)

Oh my. Look at that. I’ve blogged too long! Picture in this post is from this weekend’s bumper crop of greens. A truly stunning rendition of the aurora borealis, if I may say so myself. I’m tickled pink by greens!