Sunday, May 19, 2013

The Octopus Dance

Its been a little crazy. Just finished my first weekend of the STL Ren Faire. I am part of the Fae guild (think fairies, trolls, elves, and the sort) and I play a Done d'aigua named Marina. She is visiting from Spain and claims to be from the sea. 

A little fun tidbit is what is called the Octopus dance. It is a random little dance I did for a child and it just became a thing. Children, teens and adults did it for me from time to time and it was fun. Laughter and silliness abound. Many people leaving mentioned to other fae that they loved the dance and that they enjoyed being silly.

Something that really warmed my heart though was a little girl that did the dance with me. I gave her some glitter, telling her that I promised smooth sailing and she pulls out of her pouch a little plastic gem. It was pink and shaped like a diamond. She tells me "Thank you for the promise. This is for you." I almost cried.

It is nice to see that something as silly and as simple as a dance made up on the fly can make peoples' day as well as make your own.

(Found on DeviantArt by ~podgypanda)