Bella Dancer
NORTH FOREST LIGHTS VIDS ARE DONE!
I began filming and photographing this exhibit at our beloved Crystal Bridges four years ago during all three winters that the museum...
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Memoir Table of Contents
Welcome Aboard!
--"Izzy, how did you start dancing?"
--"What got you into martial arts?"
--"What kind of dancer/martial artist/writer are you?
--"How do you deal with brain damage, bodily injury and
C-PTSD, yet still dance, write, train, live the way you do?"
--"How do you still find joy and beauty amidst pain and loss?"
--"Wow, you should write your memoirs!"
This Is My Story
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Bella Dancer
- Jan 8
- 14 min
MY HOLIDAY FLIGHT - No, Not That Kind of Flight
Holiday flight??? Ohhhh, yeah, this year a lot of people had-- No. I mean flight from my home. Blessedly, I was not one of the people...
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Bella Dancer
- Dec 18, 2022
- 22 min
C'MON, YOU'RE A BELLY DANCER! - Of Course You Want Me To Grope You.
..This anti-sex conservatism was so staunchly indoctrinated into me that I eventually started wearing my SCA costumes at the Greek...
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Bella Dancer
- Dec 1, 2022
- 17 min
BELLY DANCE IS *NOT* SEXUAL! - It’s Sensual.
Continued from: --BELLY DANCERS: 🐍luts, Priestesses, H😱🤩chies & G😈ddesses. --NEVER BELLY DANCE TO THIS SONG! - It's About A...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 23, 2022
- 19 min
NEVER BELLY DANCE TO THIS SONG! - It’s About A Prostitute.
Continued from: BELLY DANCERS: 🐍luts, Priestesses, H😱🤩chies & G😈ddesses If you aren't familiar with Orientalism and belly dance...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 14, 2022
- 15 min
BELLY DANCERS: 🐍luts, Priestesses, H😱🤩chies & G😈ddesses
If you've been around here for awhile, then you know how much my world is divided up into five natural Elements that culminate into...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 1, 2022
- 19 min
SAVAGE DAUGHTER: Heraldry, Heartland, Home & Horns
Okay, we're back at it. I needed a bit of a break after the monstrous website overhaul. I also needed a break after I started telling you...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 26, 2022
- 5 min
WOOT! Website Organization: Achieved
It is done. Whufffff. Remember last year when I obliterated my old website? I got really frustrated with the worlds of Advertising,...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 20, 2022
- 1 min
ELEMENTAL ALCHEMY - Fusion of All 5 Elements
Alchemy of Elements In East-West Fusion EARTH AIR FIRE WATER METAL THE SYSTEM Domain of Being BODY SPIRIT HEART MIND PERSONA Realm of the...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 18, 2022
- 4 min
ELEMENTAL METAL - Domain of the Persona; Realm of Martial Movement & Mindset
The Element of Metal And Things Made From It Tools & Treasures. Weapons & Armor. Both Hammer & Anvil to make them. Locks on a box. Keys,...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 18, 2022
- 3 min
ELEMENTAL WATER: Domain of the Mind; Realm of Story
The Element of Water And That Which Contains It One droplet. A lily-pad pond. The glassy lake--or 10,000. The jagged-smooth...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 17, 2022
- 3 min
ELEMENTAL FIRE: Domain of the Heart; Realm of Passion & Emotion
The Element of Fire Along With Its Fuel Fire is raw. It can be rude. Biting. Searing. Blazing! It flicks and licks and whips. It is...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 17, 2022
- 2 min
ELEMENTAL AIR: Domain of Spirit; Realm of Magic & Muse
The Element of Air And the Lack Thereof Inhale...exhale... Balanced...precarious... Powerful...yielding... Stable...flighty.....
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 17, 2022
- 2 min
ELEMENTAL EARTH: Domain of the Body; Realm of Dance
The Element of Earth And all that grows out of it Nourish and flourish. Grow dormant and flourish again! Decline. Decay. Demise. Death....
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 16, 2022
- 5 min
HUNTING FOR "YES" - Gift of the Thistle
From: WHEN THE UNIVERSE GIVES ME "NO" - I Hunt For the "YES" I drove all the way out there for nothing. Twice. It's almost a half-hour...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 13, 2022
- 20 min
WHEN THE UNIVERSE GIVES ME "NO" - I Hunt For "YES"
I drove all the way out there for nothing. Twice. It's almost a half-hour drive to my dentist's office, which is annoying in itself, but...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 8, 2022
- 20 min
THE (S)HE-RO'S JOURNEY 4: Writing Another Kind of Hope
My friends and foes, we’ve been tumbling down a rabbit hole for nine posts now, and some of it was a bit volcanic. “Nooooo,” you say,...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 1, 2022
- 19 min
THE (S)HE-RO'S JOURNEY 3: Villains and Dragons and Fire, Oh My!
Continued from: --THE YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE SERIES - If you haven't at least read this opening sex, language & violence content warning...
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Bella Dancer
- Aug 20, 2022
- 23 min
THE (S)HE-RO'S JOURNEY 2: Balance - The Disturbance In My Force
Continued from: --MY 40-YEAR OBSESSION WITH THE GLADIATRIX --THE YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE SERIES - If you haven't at least read this opening...
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