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Permalink Reply by Tangled Macrame on November 6, 2009 at 10:14am

Interesting challenge....and a beautiful, grace dance.

I need to film a new vid. before the sunny days are gone, but I'm going to have to think on this one for a while.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Lightning on November 6, 2009 at 4:24pm

Well one part of your identity is clear to me - you're a dancer!

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Permalink Reply by Nichole Bair SenseSublimity on November 6, 2009 at 4:33pm

Thanks guys! I cant wait to see other peoples videos!! Paul im a self proclaimed dancer lol!!! No i did take dance lessons when I was wittle girl and now that i think about it..... those were the happiest moments i could remember until I found the hoop! ;)

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Permalink Reply by Lulu Hoop* of Spiraling Within* on November 6, 2009 at 6:14pm

Thanks for posting this one, Nicole. :-) I participated in the October Flow Challange on my own... but never got around to video taping something to share with everyone. I hope to get this one done. It fits perfectly with something I've been meaning to do, anyway.

I love the idea. Can't wait to see everyone's work.

Oh and I think you were right to show the first take. That's the point of the challenge. It's about the exploration, not the perfection. :-)

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Permalink Reply by The CircularPhile on November 6, 2009 at 9:02pm

That was beautiful. Love the song; love, love, love the hoopdance.

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Permalink Reply by Laura Doty on November 6, 2009 at 11:05pm

Bee-you-tee-full. Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Kinetic Kristen* on November 7, 2009 at 6:54am

Ok, so I'm still going to make a video specifically for this but I wanted to share one I did in August. The comments I've received always mention how much emotion is in it so I figured I could share this one and then do one specially for this...is that ok? Tell me if it's not!

I made this video, "Parabol/Parabola in the Rain," after my friend Frankie died; actually, this was filmed the day after my small department was told at work and it had rained hard all day and this was the drizzley part that allowed me to hoop. I picked this song simply because of the phrase "Embrace this moment. Remember. we are eternal.
All this pain is an illusion."

Here's my YouTube description: "Real hoopers would hoop in the rain." -- a friend once told me when I wouldn't go hoop in the rain during lunch break. This is my memorial to my friend, who passed away this past weekend. We both happen to really like Tool and this song combination just ignites great emotion in me.

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Permalink Reply by WhirlWind* on November 7, 2009 at 11:32am

Wow. I got chills & goosebumps. "Go Tool, Go Frankie, & Go you, Kristen." This is too awesome. Those "emotions you were ignited with while hooping," I'm feeling it right now.

Communication Revelation = Creating Emotions: Personally, watching this video connected so many floating thoughts in my head. It confirmed in my mind how wonderful it can be to dedicate your hoop practice/jam/performance to something &/or SOMEONE specific. To me, it reinforces the thought of hoop dance being another form/interpretation of "praying" & "focused-meditating."

As for using a video you said you made in August, I think that's fine because you're simply utilizing previous material (videos) from your archive & applying it to something new; for example, this Hoop Challenge. Imagine if you would have disregarded it...

Plus, you commented that it was made previously so that's kosher. Maybe hoopers can keep in mind to comment whether or not they made the video specifically for the challenge, or if they're posting a video that was done previously because they feel it applies to whatever the concept is of the monthly Hoop Challenge (& explain why they're choosing that video in their description).

Seriously, I loved that I had the opportunity to watch this video applied to this concept: Communication Revelation = Creating Emotions

I can't wait to watch other stuff & see what other creative self-challenges hoopers will invent & share.

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Permalink Reply by Rumi on November 7, 2009 at 3:03pm

this was a very good dance! i got goosebumps and chills too. since i started hooping i found that it is very meditative, and i've often hooped spiritually for someone/something in particular. last month when i learned my biological father was dying i hoopdanced for him (in mind only, we have no relationship). i never felt closer to him tho, and for the short time i hooped for him i felt like we had a connection.

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Permalink Reply by Nichole Bair SenseSublimity on November 7, 2009 at 3:34pm

Kristen......this is sooo intense....i can feel your passion through all nine minutes! Thank you sooo much for sharing this! Its perfect for this challenge!

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Permalink Reply by The CircularPhile on November 7, 2009 at 5:34pm

Hi, Kristen. I loved your hoopdance.

To you and all other hoopers; please, please, please don't feel the need to justify yourself in any way. Although I love watching the video submissions, the challenge isn't for the viewer, it is for the hooper. It's an opportunity to expand your consciousness. Whatever the challenge means to you, past, present, or future, then that is what the challenge is. When I posted the last one, the challenge turned into something totally different than I imagined, and it was awesome.

Keep the videos coming hoopers! You are inspiring others more than you know.

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Permalink Reply by Molly on December 2, 2009 at 2:04pm

kristen- my favorite to hoop to at the end of a long day is vicariously :) tools got a way of getting so much out of ya. love the video so sorry about your loss

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