Unchallenged

Hi.

"A mind that remembers the insignificant little details, is a mind that shows the potential for greatness but lacks the challenging material to harness that potential."

Just yesterday, I came across this saying at a workshop. A dance workshop in fact. And it occurred to me, that lately, my mind seems to have been filled with the most ridiculous, idiotic bits of information. Something that had never happened when I was dancing.

Now, as you may know I love to dance, and it's a kind of escape for me. Part of it was that I could dance and completely not think about anything else - probably because I was completely using my brain power towards dancing: memorizing the choreography (and making it ^_^), how to move your body, the music, the formations, the expressions, etc, etc, etc.

I mean if there's one thing I can do, it's remember dance pieces, not just quickly, but also for a long period of time especially with muscle memory aiding the memory. I like to think it's because I have a separate brain for that kind of thing - or well, a separate side of the brain ^_^. You know, left side is analytical and right side is artistic; therefore, the left side remembers the deadlines, the class information, the studying, and the like, whereas the untapped space in the right side soaks up every aspect of my dancing.

So one would then assume, as the reinforcement of the dance items fades (no longer practicing), those neurons lose their connections, and the memories fade, leaving large areas of unused brain matter that are taken up by these useless thoughts.

So maybe it's time for me to go back and relearn those dance items, to reinvigorate my brain with dance. Maybe it's time that I back up my statement that I am a performer with the knowledge of the items I've learned. For what is a dancer without her dances?

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