Category: theory

Sitting Shiva vs Dancing Shiva

Yes, they’d mixed up the Jewish ritual of mourning the dead with the mythical Hindu dance of destruction and new creation.

It happens.

Mastering the Dance of Shiva?

So at least a couple times a month someone sends me an email that says, “What do I need to do to master the Dance of Shiva?”

Or sometimes they just report that they’re trying to master it. Or thinking about trying to master it. Every once in a while they actually apologize to me for not yet having gotten around to mastering it yet.

Okay. I really only have one response to that.