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What I had noticed is that I was disassociating from the world. I wasn\u2019t engaging in social media in a meaningful or sincere way. It was like a bad relationship. Social media and I were just passing the time together rather than finding a deeper intimacy.<\/p>\n
I also noticed I never had an opportunity for my mind to wander, which is important to me creatively. That felt so sad. Whenever there was a quiet space, there was my phone. I need a couch for a piece\u2014go to my phone. Haven\u2019t talked to a friend in forever\u2014go to my phone. Instead of calling her, my instinct was always to reach for social media. And when that wasn\u2019t possible, I would think, Wow, who do I talk to?<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll have this profound moment in rehearsal and think, I need to post this so people can see it. That\u2019s bizarre.\u201d <\/p>\n Rosie Herrera<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n I wondered, What are the questions, the answers, the fears I am asking social media to solve? Every time I\u2019m questioning something, I want my phone to answer. That\u2019s a lot to ask of a little object. So me and my phone are in couples counseling. The piece I\u2019m making right now is about what we devote ourselves to and how we cast a more reverent gaze upon the things that occupy our mind and time. How do we navigate intimacy with technology? Where am I mentally, psychologically and emotionally when I engage with it? Imagine kissing someone and then asking, \u201cSo what did you think?\u201d That\u2019s what social media feels like sometimes. Or I\u2019ll have this profound moment in rehearsal and think, I need to post this so people can see it. That\u2019s bizarre.<\/p>\n I\u2019m reimagining my relationship to my phone. How did it become a sacred object? Because if you\u2019re in a long-distance relationship, your phone is a sacred object. I\u2019ve practically wanted to make out with it.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about physically integrating these concepts. You can curate a persona for yourself online. But if you haven\u2019t taken time to integrate that identity into who you are physically, it only exists in the ether. When you\u2019re a dancer, you use the idea of integration in a lot of ways. Dancing is so ephemeral. But, in dancing, what I feel and think becomes visible to you\u2014the audience\u2014when we\u2019re together. It\u2019s felt deeply and understood deeply.<\/p>\n What do we hear when we have space and time enough to listen, whether to the outside world or to what\u2019s coming from inside of us? You can find beautiful truths. Or ugly truths that are important to confront. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The post Reconsidering the Relationship Between Social Media and Creative Practice<\/a> appeared first on Dance Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I was little, I would people watch all the time. I would narrate what I thought they were thinking and doing. I would do accents. That sense of wonder and play and whimsy is essential to my work. Those… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1135,"href":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions\/1135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
I also feel we\u2019re in such a divisive time. I was starting to think what I was seeing online was a part of my life. And it wasn\u2019t. I want to engage in a way that\u2019s meaningful to me. Even if it\u2019s just videos of cats that bring me joy\u2014which they do, incredible joy, because I\u2019m allergic to cats and I love cats. Everyone wants what they can\u2019t have.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.dancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RosieHerrera_Reign2_Web_R1-1024x1024.jpg\")