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13 Feb 2025 11:26 AM
13 Feb 2025 11:26 AM
@Patches59 oh I forgot about happy feet, such good movies they are. And little house on the prairie is so good to watch.
Using your imagination to picture how things look in books is amazing to be able to do.
13 Feb 2025 11:47 AM - edited 13 Feb 2025 11:48 AM
13 Feb 2025 11:47 AM - edited 13 Feb 2025 11:48 AM
@tyme @Patches59 @ava upnt-garde @Former-Member
Haha about happy feet.
A Belgian conductor taught me to gently press down alternate foot as an aid to keeping the beat. He called it happy feet.
For me the whole playing of music had to be gently unpacked... As a lot of it can be hard work... So the light playful aspect took a while to sink in.
Wish me luck this arvo.
Getting conducting mentoring...myself!
13 Feb 2025 11:51 AM
13 Feb 2025 11:51 AM
@Appleblossomwishing you all the luck in the world. Hope you enjoy it. Music really is amazing and can be such good therapy 😊.
13 Feb 2025 01:44 PM
13 Feb 2025 01:44 PM
13 Feb 2025 04:38 PM
13 Feb 2025 04:38 PM
Yes yes yes!! Phenomenal thread!!
Someone once said to me that they wanted to try to be what they felt was most lacking in this world. I thought about it. For me, I think one of the things most lacking is whimsy. Specifically, whimsy means to do things on a whim - to do stuff just cos, why not? I feel like we've all been sooooo intensely socialised to follow very particular codes of behaviour but.. more often than not it just ends up stifling authentic expression! Like why can't I just dance in the street? I used to agonise over things like that, "Oh but what if someone..." what? Sees a random person dancing? EGADS!
So now, if I get the spontaneous urge to go sit in some mud, or break out into song, or give hugs to all the trees, I just DO IT!!
Now, questions!!
Eeeeee hehehe. Thank for the opportunity to reflect on these very wholesome things @avant-garde 😍
13 Feb 2025 06:55 PM
13 Feb 2025 06:55 PM
You're just having a personal silent disco! I do that all the time in shopping centres, just bopping along to my headphones and randomly bursting into laughter.
On buses I just have my own dance party, I really get into my music
13 Feb 2025 07:27 PM
13 Feb 2025 07:27 PM
@avant-garde yesssss we love to hear it!! Music is LIFE!!
13 Feb 2025 10:00 PM
13 Feb 2025 10:00 PM
14 Feb 2025 05:58 PM - edited 14 Feb 2025 05:59 PM
14 Feb 2025 05:58 PM - edited 14 Feb 2025 05:59 PM
I haven't seen either of the Peter Rabbit movies, are they any good?
Sonic the Hedgehog!!!
My latest claw machine win!
I may not always win, I may not even often win, but for my inner child, it brings her joy to try, like a small taste of a carnival in the middle of a shopping centre.
I could buy her the toys but it wouldn't be the same
His head struggled to get through the door
@Jynx @Former-Member @Appleblossom @Bow @tyme @Ru-bee @rav3n
14 Feb 2025 06:04 PM
14 Feb 2025 06:04 PM
Oh i love claw machines @avant-garde . Well done on winning 😊.
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