Actual Color
Monday, March 22, 2010
Sitting in the sand on a seaweedy beach on the south edge of Menorca, Spain. I am the only one here. The Mediterranean Sea is not an ocean (who knew??), and the waves are just that: soft, gentle, only energetic enough to make a sweet pushing sound, massaging my ears. The sky has gone a bit cloudy, and I am tucked into a little rock cove, out of the wind.
I am here for the day, having seen three friends off in their kayaks this morning (and am hoping for a chance to kayak, myself, soon). A day to myself after the intensive dance workshop weekend with about a dozen others. All in Spanish, with occasional spurts of translation offered up by the so-compassionate others. But, as I expected, the material (contact improv) was familiar enough that I could just dance along and guess what all the discussions were about. It was SO wonderful to dance!! I am totally out of shape, and fatter than ever, but it felt great to move, be moved, and above all, be with sweet, sweet people who were so very open, generous, and fun. And the fact that many of us lived together for the whole weekend, was a delicious taste of community (and oh!! Natalia‘s cooking!!!).
Menorca is so beautiful. Low rock walls crisscrossing everywhere, lining all the roads and fields; Spring flowers just starting up; the colors in the sea along the shore all beautiful brilliant turquoises and jades. So I think this might be why I don’t have any plans from here – maybe I’ll just stay. I have offers of housing, there’s dance and music, the sun’s coming out, the people I’ve met are fantastic, and I can practice Spanish!
And maybe I’m done for now, with the intensive traveling. Morocco, Tunisia, and the Alhambra beckon, but there’s some “shoulds” in there, and that’s worth noticing. My desire is to slow down, stop, and digest, before heading home and the freight train of my life hits me. I want to just revel in being alive, in a simple, simple way; I suspect that what I’ve found in Menorca here, is a perfect place to do that. “Wow!” and “vale”, as they say here ~
Natalia's Table O'Contactadores
March 26, 2010 at 10:24 pm |
hi tina….your writing still surprises me! after you get home maybe you can put together your blogs and photos…make a great coffee table book, huh? sounds like Menorca is the last major stop on your trip…is that so? or will you be going into Spain to fly home? anyway….quite an adventure. good for you…..luv…..dad