2641  Challenge: How does the tango have meaning for you?

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:00:35 -0500
From: Leonard Kunkel <image10@SWBELL.NET>
Subject: Challenge: How does the tango have meaning for you?

I approach the dance floor as a large blank canvas. The orchestra's rich
tango sounds are absorbed, flowing from my concentrating ears into a
brain filled with anticipation. The multiple rich layers of the music
are interpreted to then flow to the shoulders to speak instantaneously
to my connected partner through our strong yet sensitively responsive
embrace. Down from our shoulders the language is filtered by our hearts
giving communication to each pelvis, which transmits energy and power to
our lower bodies. The feelings emanate out our feet with the emotions of
numerous brushes, from quick explosions to stokes of quiet meaningful
movements and anticipating pauses. The soles of our feet are now moving
and caressing the floor as if painting this once empty canvas into a
beautiful landscape. A colorful painting which is visible solely to our
entwined souls. This expression of our hearts, that sought a resolution
to come together, now beat as one. The tango is concluded with a
signature that punctuates our now satisfied souls with a glowing pride
in a beautifully completed canvas. A painting of our emotions that is
never ever to be exactly duplicated again.

Leonardo Kunkello

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 23:03:11 +0100
From: Daniel Iannarelli <dmi@OSTEOPATH.THERAPIST.ORG.UK>
Subject: Re: Challenge: How does the tango have meaning for you?

Lovely, lovely, but - when does the porn come in...?

Dani


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Sent: 13 August 2004 18:01
To: TANGO-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: [TANGO-L] Challenge: How does the tango have meaning for you?

I approach the dance floor as a large blank canvas. The orchestra's rich
tango sounds are absorbed, flowing from my concentrating ears into a
brain filled with anticipation. The multiple rich layers of the music
are interpreted to then flow to the shoulders to speak instantaneously
to my connected partner through our strong yet sensitively responsive
embrace. Down from our shoulders the language is filtered by our hearts
giving communication to each pelvis, which transmits energy and power to
our lower bodies. The feelings emanate out our feet with the emotions of
numerous brushes, from quick explosions to stokes of quiet meaningful
movements and anticipating pauses. The soles of our feet are now moving
and caressing the floor as if painting this once empty canvas into a
beautiful landscape. A colorful painting which is visible solely to our
entwined souls. This expression of our hearts, that sought a resolution
to come together, now beat as one. The tango is concluded with a
signature that punctuates our now satisfied souls with a glowing pride
in a beautifully completed canvas. A painting of our emotions that is
never ever to be exactly duplicated again.

Leonardo Kunkello

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:50:28 -0700
From: Carlos Lima <amilsolrac@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Challenge: How does the tango have meaning for you?

Leonardo,

Can we get past form? Is it OK if we do not discuss that? A good editor, or
even this humble servant of yours, would take care of any deficiencies in
10-20 minutes. So what is really wrong with your obviously strongly felt
attempt do describe the experience of tango? If one reads it carefully, it
all makes sense, well, if not, just about. There are no absurdities, see.
That is not right. Where is the nonsense? That is what is really wrong with
your piece. Not only you say things that, after a moment's thought, make
sense, you sort of come out and, you know, InvenT them. How dare you! Where
are your sources? Who are you repeating? Not even one initial repetition, let
alone a decent number of them. This is disgraceful. There are traditions that
must be upheld. This is not a free-for-all! Don't come now and disturb our
peace with some sort of crazy OriginalitY. If everyone did that, and the
Devil knows the trend is already here, and getting stronger by the day,
pretty soon the best nonsense creativity could not keep up with
goody-two-shoes plain vanilla stuff, and this whole thing would degenerate
into dry, boring, technicalities, and worse. Leonard, you are a public
threat. Go back and get busy reading the contributions of the senior members
of this forum until you LearN the stuff. Then it is your turn to contribute:
after you learn what is right and approved by the best authorities. Oh,
Leonard, Leonard, I hope I am in time to save you.

Coraje, mi viejo,

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:43:14 -0700
From: Jean-Marie Herve Michel <jhmichel@STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: Re: Challenge: How does the tango have meaning for you?

Listen,

perhaps he needs guidance isntead of you trying to cush his creativity and
him being forced into finding a way to crush yours, perhpas you can work
with hinm and he can with YOUR guidance bring the art to places never
imagined to the benefit of everyoone instead of him creating something that
will just replace what you have worked on for years.

herve


Quoting Carlos Lima <amilsolrac@YAHOO.COM>:

> Leonardo,
>
> Can we get past form? Is it OK if we do not discuss that? A good editor,
> or
> even this humble servant of yours, would take care of any deficiencies
> in
> 10-20 minutes. So what is really wrong with your obviously strongly felt
> attempt do describe the experience of tango? If one reads it carefully,
> it
> all makes sense, well, if not, just about. There are no absurdities,
> see.
> That is not right. Where is the nonsense? That is what is really wrong
> with
> your piece. Not only you say things that, after a moment's thought, make
> sense, you sort of come out and, you know, InvenT them. How dare you!
> Where
> are your sources? Who are you repeating? Not even one initial repetition,
> let
> alone a decent number of them. This is disgraceful. There are traditions
> that
> must be upheld. This is not a free-for-all! Don't come now and disturb
> our
> peace with some sort of crazy OriginalitY. If everyone did that, and the
> Devil knows the trend is already here, and getting stronger by the day,
> pretty soon the best nonsense creativity could not keep up with
> goody-two-shoes plain vanilla stuff, and this whole thing would
> degenerate
> into dry, boring, technicalities, and worse. Leonard, you are a public
> threat. Go back and get busy reading the contributions of the senior
> members
> of this forum until you LearN the stuff. Then it is your turn to
> contribute:
> after you learn what is right and approved by the best authorities. Oh,
> Leonard, Leonard, I hope I am in time to save you.
>
> Coraje, mi viejo,
>
>

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:34:25 -0700
From: Michael <michael@TANGOBELLINGHAM.COM>
Subject: Re: Challenge: How does the tango have meaning for you?

Jean-Marie Herve Michel wrote:

> Listen,
>
> perhaps he needs guidance isntead of you trying to cush his creativity and
> him being forced into finding a way to crush yours, perhpas you can work
> with hinm and he can with YOUR guidance bring the art to places never
> imagined to the benefit of everyoone instead of him creating something that
> will just replace what you have worked on for years.
>
> herve
>
>
> Quoting Carlos Lima <amilsolrac@YAHOO.COM>:
>

herve, I'm pretty sure Carlos was being sarcastic....it was a dig at
those of us who thought Leonard was a bit "over the top," especially my
attempt at a verbal "Zen slap."

--
Michael
Tango Bellingham
www.tangobellingham.com