I've been listening to a lot of what I would call "tribal-esque" music lately; just some really ...I don't know any other way to describe it than.. moving music. Stuff that just makes my body start moving almost subconsciously, and sends goosebumps from my scalp down to my calves; stuff that I feel in the pit of my stomach. That started several weeks ago. Then it's just sort of slowly spiraled downward and gotten darker and darker. [This feels like a side note, but it's related]: It's funny because I've never been a Tribal Bellydancer. I've always done Cabaret style, or some form of Fusion; but Tribal's always been in the back of my mind. 'Course, several years back I called it "ethnic" style; which I would probably describe as very earthy tones, natural costume fibers, etc; I always had a pull towards it, but never really took it up. I think ever since I saw a dancer at Rakassah this year (Sera Solstice) and promptly started soaking up every video of her dancing I could find, and even started listening to music she dances to, is when the call of the Tribal desire started seeping out. Then I started looking at various photography on deviantart.com and being pulled towards darker imagery (I post a lot of my pictures on there) the picture above is from there. And what I mean by 'darker imagery' doesn't mean blood or gore or really fearsome stuff (well, maybe for some) ...just...different.....Then I saw the video for Trent Reznor's "The Space In Between" (How To Destroy Angels). Oh. My. Gosh. I don't know what it is about it, but it absolutely draws me in. The video is terrifying but wide-eyed addicting, and the song itself feels like hands pulling me down into a black pool. Sounds awful, but it's so...enthralling. So I realize how chaotic this entry might seem; let me try to get to some sort of point...
Listening to this 'darker' side of music (and of myself really) has really inspired me to be a more of a tribal dancer; and with the photography that I've been forging through has just furthered the desire. And let me clarify something...When I say 'darker,' I don't really mean 'gothic' or 'pessimistic' or any of that 'black like my soul' shit. This just feels like ... this:
An involuntary but accepted pull towards something...different. And. Exciting.
Cheers.
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