Air and Fire's Girl: Blogging Around with Rommy Week 22

Air’s girl dances fast,
fire waltzing to a song
she knows in her heart.
Flame and wind will always be
hers, even when she stands still.


This post is linked with Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads' Tuesday Platform.



Liner Notes for this Groove: If I may be permitted to get a little woo…I am one of the airiest earth signs known to humankind. According to western astrology, although my sun was chilling in Taurus on my birthday, a butt load of my planets were hanging around in signs that are associated with the element of air (and I have a couple of things dancing around in fire too). Someone who is an expert on such matters told me that when they first met me, they thought I was a Gemini—until they heard me wax poetic over tea (then I outted myself with my Taurean tendencies).

Whether you place any stock in such matters or not, this much is clear—I have a tendency to want to do things fast. That’s not always such a terrible thing (I’m going to be delighted about that time I got the winning goal in sportsball forever), but in tea ceremony…yeah, it’s not really encouraged, no matter how well you know the moves.

I mean, you could. It just probably won't be right.

Funnily enough I found the answer back in air…in my breath that is. On my teacher’s suggestion I started pacing my movements to flow in synchrony with my breath, so each movement took on a rhythm that was fully mine. Not only that, it was a way for my personal style (LOL, my inner fire for my love of tea) to come through and be seen so much more clearly by guests.

In The Book of Tea Kakuzo Okakura wrote “Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence…It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.” I am rather imperfect at being an earth sign, but in my practice of tea I can honor my inner air with my breath and my inner fire with my passion for the art form. My earthy self can take plenty of joy at eating the tea sweets, while my watery side delights in simply drinking the tea.

So dear Groovers, what to you is worth slowing down for? Or what's new with you this week? Let's talk about it, and as always, if you'd like to continue the conversation on your cyberhome, include the web address in the comments. 

32 comments:

  1. I hate being rushed and enjoy doing things slowly. I think that's part of tai chi's appeal to me.

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    1. LOL, I've always gravitated more towards Zumba and it shows. :D But Tai Chi would probably be very good for me too.

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    2. I like your poem. It reminded me of the Russian dancing star on a cruise we took. She also led a dancing class. I was having trouble turning with my rubber soled shoes. She pulled me out and we had a private spell. She was sooo light on her feet and followed my every move hardly before I even hinted.
      I will never forget her, that was twelve years ago.
      ..

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    3. LOL, I'm certainly nowhere near in a dance star's league, but I don't do too badly. :D

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  2. I see you whirling...twirling... a breathtaking sight.

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  3. I, too, tend to do things fast. I have believed since my teen years that my life lesson was to be patience. I am still not good at it. Thank you for the lovely reminder that some things are worth slowing down for.

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    1. I think that's one of my big lessons too. :D

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  4. This appeals to me as a Gemini Sun with Leo rising.. air and fire combo!

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  5. Hahaha even I thought you were a Gemini when I first met you!❤️ Here the sun is sweltering hot and it seems that the weather is about to get worse. I usually like to do things beforehand.. but with time I have learned that it's all right to slow down once in a while.

    I am Sagittarius with Virgo being my ascendant *wink wink*❤️

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    1. LOL, that's where all that enthusiasm comes from!

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  6. Wonderful, Rommy. Age and illness have slowed me to crawl. I am so serene I am nearly catonic. I could use a tad more energy, since I still have Stuff To Do.

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    1. I'd give you a loan of my manic energy, but you may have urges to watch anime and wear striped socks as a side effect.

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  7. I love the slow process of a long hike... one that stretches from morning to rest... going on the next day... you need something slow to find rest.

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    1. That sounds like the perfect way to get out my energy in a measured and purposeful way. I've always thought long hikes like that sounded cool, though I'd be a little nervous about traveling some areas of my country that way.

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  8. I can walk slow, take in every bird and flower, but when the music tells me to dance, I don't stop to see who will be on the dance floor. Often it is only me. I don't care.

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    1. Here's to those of us who love to break the ice on the dance floor! *does a shimmy*

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  9. Nicely done!! A fellow Taurus with a Pisces moon-so, into astrology, too.
    I like both slow and fast-but tea I like to sip it slowly~
    Thanks for the Tuesday prompt!

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    1. *waves at fellow Taurus* Tea is sooooo much more satisfying when you sip it slowly.

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  10. Sunsets- got to slow down for sunsets. And tea. Always for tea!!!

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  11. I love the image this conjures up, gypsy like and wonderful. Loved your take and your vison on this one!!!

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  12. I too had the image of a gypsy...

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  13. I can relate to the tendency to want to do things fast. As a Libran, I’m an indecisive and pedantic procrastinator. :D But once I decide on something, I move at a speed that sometimes frustrate others. Luckily I have two passions that always slow me down; reading and hiking. Anyone who rushes these things, should be banished to Mars...LOL!

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    1. LOL, my husband and son are both Libras, so I know a fair bit about their legendary indecision! Yes, reading like tea ought to be savored, otherwise it's just not as nice. I agree that hiking is nicest at a slower pace too.

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  14. I’m an Aries all the way to my bones, so although I will keep at something until it’s done, I can get quite restless if it James forever. The fires want to move like (and with) the wind, but I’ve learned to take my time for the things that matter.

    Your tea teacher is wise.

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    1. That restlessness is the worst. That happens to me to, but mostly because of a lack of focus. Then I have to trick myself to keep on task.

      I am rather lucky to have a wise tea teacher. :)

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