11/16/2021
Why do we go to festivals? Why do we dance all night, night after night, until our feet ache, our legs give out, and utter exhaustion downs us at sunrise? Why do we love it in spite of camping on lumpy ground, choking down dried food and energy bars, fearing porta-potties, stumbling over roots in the dark, putting up with the occasional drunken wook, and spraining our ankles in 4" platform boots?
Because it reminds us we're alive! It gives us a temporal village to celebrate the very essence of life itself. It empowers us to shine the qualities we hold dearest to ourselves...the qualities that sometimes get quieted or altogether hidden in the default world; those tucked away behind our insecurities or fears of rejection...layers of fear built up from years of past doubt, past trauma, or feelings of isolation from being the misfit, the one that didn't fit in, the one who longs for others who understand.
The dancing, the ceremony, the ridiculous outfits...it all empowers us to tear down the walls we've spent years putting up, to wear our vulnerabilities on our outstretched arms longing for a soul-quenching hug, to find a moment of true connection at 4 am when physical exhaustion has put us into a tranquil state of surrendered openness.
It's that. That connection that catches us off guard...that connection wherein we find ourselves sobbing to someone we've only just met, knowing that this person understands something about me on a deeper level, in this intimate moment of timed stopped, than those we've traveled life with for years. It's that moment when another opens completely, with tears rolling down cheeks, that reminds you that fully present listening has the power to heal...the power to change lives.
And if nothing else, we love to dance our fu***ng asses off!
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Huge thx to Alexander Brooks with Just Dream for the incredible Elevated Frequencies recap!