‘Graceful Dancing’ – Blue October
Day 1 of the 30 Day Song Challenge is, ‘your favorite song’.
I have a lot of favorites, but this is the first one that came to mind, and considering I have a piece of the lyric tattooed on my body I think it more than qualifies as my favorite.
It’s “Graceful Dancing” by Blue October.
My Life In Text
Thought I’d share a recent text exchange I had with my sister.
Blue October here I come! Speaking of Blue October, you can hear Justin Furstenfeld, guest D.J. every night this week for Austin based radio station 101X. (I’ll be streaming LIVE!)
Love & Super Awesome Sisters,
Hallo’Tattoo!
Happy Halloween!
Last night my family and I attended a Halloween Bash at a friend‘s house in our old neighborhood. We had a grand time, but pulling up to the street and not turning into the drive at our house felt a little weird…We quickly got over it when we thought about the stress involved with selling the darn thing! Pictured above is me in my Halloween best. I made the tutu myself (you can expect a tutorial sometime soon). I dressed up as the Night Sky.
Yesterday I also got the tattoo I’ve been wanting. Remember…I told you about it-the one to honor my grandmother…
Here’s a close up version.
I am absolutely pleased with the result and the tattoo artist (he’s the husband of a pal of mine) is truly an artist. You can check out both of their work on their blog The Horse and Hare or at their Etsy shoppe.
Read MoreTo Tattoo…a Reminder
There are two tattoos that I REALLY want to get. The first is on my ankle/foot area that reads “keep graceful dancing” – it’s from one of my favorite Blue October songs and will be in honor of my grandmother who no matter what life threw out at her, could always manage to dance through it. I also think it is from her that my own mother got much of her strength from and in turn, I get my own inner strength from my mom, who also manages to continue to rejoice and enjoy all that life has to offer and dance when ever the opportunity arises no matter what life throws at her. So I suppose in a way it will be an homage to, the two most important women in my life. The two women who some of my earliest memories include being spun around in dance.
The second is on on my right wrist and the words “dream dust” a quote from this Langston Hughes poem.
Dream Dust
Gather out of star-dust,
Earth-dust,
Cloud-dust,
Storm-dust,
And splinters of hail,
One handful of dream-dust,
Not for sale.
- Langston Hughes
This poem is particularly meaningful to me, because I strongly believe in the power of our dreams and holding on to them. This will serve as a little reminder to me-to never loose faith in my own dreams.
The hubs is against the idea of me getting a tattoo on my wrist. What do you all think? Yay or nay? If you remember I posted a while back that I wanted a white one…but I’ve not heard a whole lot of good things about white tattoos (even though I still really want one) I think a lighter color on my wrist would be great…
Photo: weheartit.com
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