...PEONIES! I love peonies! They came into my world when I attended a cousin's wedding near Atlanta, GA. I was enchanted with their big bushy blooms of feathery petals. When I attempted to find them on the West Coast, I was dismayed to discover that they are only found on the East Coast (as far as I know).
I'm preparing for Blue Light Burlesque's biggest show of the year, the February Valentine's Day Cabaret. I have retired from belly dance but I have not yet retired from burlesque performance. I'm creating a new number for this show and you know what that means, folks, new costume and new choreography! I'm uncertain how I'm going to pull this off because the facet of my identity whom I call "The Artist" (I have 16 facets currently) is MIA. I had considered not doing this show in light of my departure from all things belly dance but especially performance. So somehow I will have to doll myself up and "perform."
I'm not sure when The Artist left. He's been gone for several months I think. Didn't leave a note. Just left behind an empty studio. Maybe he needed a break. All I can say is, he ain't here. I'll just have fun without him, decapitating dozens of fake peonies. I purchased these at a Dollarama months and months ago, in anticipation of this number. The day before yesterday I even managed to do a little bit of marking with the other prop I'll be using, my beige fan veil made especially for this number. That is the type of performer I am. I create an entire set of everything new for a specific number. Gift or curse? Not sure. Thorough? Definitely. My favorite part is problem-solving. How to make the stuff stick to me? How to remove this? How to hold onto that? How to remove this while holding onto that? I honestly don't know if it will be the last new number I'll create, on verra...
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