Superhero

Last night Janet was at our intermediate class helping us work on Cranes. Her main focus was on Kata, or the form/stance you take while playing the song. A lot of what she was showing us was that we often just hit the drum, but she was really encouraging us to put our energy and our bodies into it. I think it was a liberating experience for all of us. Susan's style is kind of tight and rigid, and it shows in our playing. Janet was trying to get us to let go of all that, and to really use our bodies and our own energy to carry us through the movements. She said that we should show the music that we are playing with our bodies.

My problem is that I don't use my body enough. I don't get down low enough. But I think that there is more to it than that. Janet was telling me that I needed to let my super-powers out. She was saying that she knew it was in me, but I needed to just let it out. And I agree. It's in me somewhere, so why won't it come out? She even asked me if I had seen the Incredibles and I said yes, and that I was Violet. I don't really know where she was going with that, or if she even knew what I meant when I said I was Violet (she's the one who turns invisible). I think Violet is a good analogy for me because I feel like her and I would really love to have the power to turn invisible sometimes. But at the end of the movie when push came to shove, her superpowers came out and she blossomed. Which means if that shrinking violet of a Violet could do it, then I can too. If I were a superhero.