Rhizome Post #1 | Laura Funk

The Moment that caught my attention is by Dana Bell. It is very short but it talks about how the simple act of going dancing can make it seem that everything will be okay.

This moment reminded me of the many times I spent dancing in an attempt to set things right within myself. When things weren't right at home I'd go to my room, turn up the music as loud as I could and just dance around my room until I was exhausted enough to sleep. As I got older I would go to community dances for young adults where I could become lost in the sea of people jumping and wriggling about. Dancing was my favorite thing to do when I felt like things weren't quite right. The frivolity and disorderliness of it all made me forget my troubles and just get happy.

When I write I want people to feel the depths of what their soul is capable of feeling. Society seems to be afraid of depth, we are all about living on the surface. I want my writing to catch people off guard so that by the time they realize where the writing has taken their feelings, they won't want to fight to get out, but instead will allow themselves to sink in and surrender to the moment.