Mia Micheals said it in a way that resonated on "So you think you can dance" season 9 while coaching Lindsay on a piece called "Addiction". Mia said, "Lindsay has to not worry about being a pretty dancer, and it's hard." Mia trusts her skills, the ability to hold and emit the truth of the dance regardless of how it looks. Lindsay needs to trust the choreography will hold her. Don't worry about how you look, BE the piece is the message. As a result we get something beautiful. Not contrived, pretty, contained, underlined, or emphasized with blush, we get the truth fierce, startling wonderful.
Not held in the container of "pretty" you must Be with what is, and let it flow through you, and thus you may find you are sublime. (Joseph Campbell describes tragedies as sublime in that they are honest reflections of what is, and so it may not be pretty, but it's the truth beheld that is awe inspiring.)
Pretty is contrived. It is something you do. Beauty emerges from being true to who you are. Step out of the way and let your soul shine through. I know I play it too safe, so concerned with being pretty, I rarely push the boundary on being beautiful. I'm reserved in a way where I self-monitor all the time. Those that are free are having more fun, and even are more beautiful. Risk, sweet dancer, throwing yourself into the music!
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