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Permalink Reply by Lealyn on March 16, 2009 at 5:33am

I was recently in a talent show. I hooped, not with fire. And anytime I told someone I was hooping in the talent show and they didn't repsond quite like I wanted them to... I knew it was because they didn't know quite how fabulous this talent of mine is. Once they saw it THEN they were supportive. People just don't understand it. I bet that's what you were experiencing. By the way... YOU ARE BRAVE CHICA!

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Permalink Reply by Laura of Leap Into Hoops* on March 16, 2009 at 4:50pm

First of all, congratulations on being willing to take a chance and get out there! I'm just about to embark on my fire hooping journey and although most people have been supportive, my mother, for one, has not been... lol. Mind you, she wasn't keen on me doing a number of things along my life path (tattoos and being a musician being major ones), and I've turned out alright so far, so I've asked her to have faith in me :)

I think the fire part is a big reason why people who aren't familiar with the fire arts freak out. After all, performing with fire is bound to generate some kind of reaction, isn't it? :)

Well done for getting out there and doing it anyway - and rocking it, by the sounds of things!

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Permalink Reply by Natalia on March 18, 2009 at 10:11am

yeah, and i think it's their "job" to freak out....mom's ;) gotta love 'em!

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Permalink Reply by Natalia on March 18, 2009 at 10:17am

Thank you guys for your replies...Infinity, I loved the part about not letting the negativity get to you. You're right! that is pretty much what pushed me through...yay sanctuary! and Lealyn, the comment that you made really hit home : "Once they saw it THEN they were supportive." That's so true about people here! I guess it's just a hooper thing :D

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Permalink Reply by SaFire* on March 22, 2009 at 1:37am

I think these kinds of thoughts arise whenever we are faced with a challenge.

This past New Years I had a pretty important gig and I made the decision to debut multi hooping with four hoops. We did three shows that night and in one show I could not for the life of me pick up the fourth one.

It was embarrassing and it sucked and you could tell the audience was disappointed but overall I'm glad I did it. I had to bust out the four hoops in front of an audience at some point and sometimes you just have to be willing to make a few mistakes in order to improve as a performer. Sure it may make fumble a bit during a show now, but two years from now when you've pushed yourself to a higher skill level, you'll be happy you took the risk.

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