Tango and the corner of your mouth...

The most delicious, beautiful place? On human body? Corner of the mouth. Just where the upper and the lower lip unites and where the cheek starts. If I were to be a photographer, that would be a close up I would love to take of many many people, of old people with wrinkled faces and well used corners, and babys that have fat cheeks and dimpled corners, of smiles and crying faces...
That is the most kissable part. That is the most intriguing part. The part that is closest to our hearts. Why? Eyes you say? What about eyes? Eyes can lie... I have seen eyes that seduce, can spy.... They are deadly, those hazel, those green, those blue eyes... But can corner of the mouth seduce? Can it lie? Can it black mail? Can it threaten? No! It is innocent, vulnerable, its only advantage is that not many people pay attention to it..
Corner of the mouth...It just tells the truth. If you are happy, content, pleasantly surprised, if you are having a good time, the corner of your mouth cannot help but curl up... And if you are unhappy, upset, sad, melancholic, it will sag. That is how one pouts. Its not the lips, it is the corner of your mouth that allows that...
As a tango fanatic and a follower, I have a connection with the corner of the mouth... I close my eyes. I fall into the embrace. I inhale, I give in, I connect.. And when I feel like the one I am dancing with is dreaming along, my forehead on his cheek, I peek in between my eyelashes, and see the corner of his mouth. And that is.. my favorite tango moment.
Because tango allows me to have that little window, laced with eyelashes,where I catch a glimpse of their utmost inner parts, the mirrors of their souls, and yet, it is like a flash that explodes in all its whiteness and brilliance.. And before I know, the tanda ends, we thank each other.
I wonder, much later, how can I know so much of him, but not his name?

Out of my reach...

Valentango is going on this weekend. I cannot go. For many reasons, like, hum, let me think... money and time? Yep those are the usual suspects. There is also not wanting to go away for a tango weekend on the Valentines weekend. Even though it is a commercial pseudo-holiday... Still, I cannot bring my self to leave my partner (who does not dance tango) alone.
Adjusting to each other is important in life and in tango. Being perceptive, being sensitive to what your mirror image might feel, think, want is key to a great life and a great tanda together. He does not know it but he has been dancing tango with me for a loooong time:)
So Valentango is out of my reach this year. What is in my reach is a happy life, full of understanding, love, compromise... And still I get a lot of tango, because I am lucky to have a partner, who does not dance tango, but who appreciates my passion for it.:)

Danzarin is 1 year old!:)

My alter,uber, and side ego Danzarin is turning one today. I am holding an imaginary milonga, on my blog:) I hope you can attend. No cover charge, just bring all your good tango karma along when you are visiting the blog, preferably read the most recent post, or a favorite old one, in your favorite tango shoes:)
I am grateful for all the friends I have, all the friends I made, and all the ones I will, through tango. I am grateful all my past and present tango shoes:) Within the last year (since February 13, 2007) I danced mucho tango, I attended 6 tango festivals (wow now I realize where all my money went) and enjoyed many blissful moments of tango bliss. You all, knowingly or unkonowingly have been an integral part of it. So. THANK YOU, from the bottom of my tango-bound heart...

Danzarin just realized....

www.toothpastefordinner.com
That she is approaching the first aniversary of her blog (which is February 13)... And so far she has had 2923 visitors.. Wouldn't it be great if the blog would reach 3000 visitors by Wednesday? That wuold be amazing. It already is amazing... After all 3000 is just a number. But I have OCD (Obsessive Compulsive DIsorder) and I have a tendency to vy for rounded numbers:) In either case, Danzarin is very excited, that she has had such a positive experience with the blog..

Images that I love...

I fell in live with this image, from Prada FAshion show...
Also, I love the photo that Sorin took of Debbie.. Don't know how he did it, actually he explains it but I have no capacity to understand such things.. I just have capacity to appreciate the outcome...