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
- 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 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
- 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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Bella Dancer
- Jul 19, 2022
- 10 min
THE (S)HE-RO'S JOURNEY - Not Your Customary Character Arc
Continued from: --MY OBSESSION WITH THE GLADIATRIX --A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - If you haven't read this sex, language & violence content...
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Bella Dancer
- Mar 27, 2022
- 13 min
THE ALTARS OF LOVE & VOMITUS WEALTH: From Solstice to Equinox Part 2
Continued from: SOLSTICE IN THE UNDERTHING; EQUINOX AT SPRING: Making, Breaking. Tending, Mending. ...at the ceremony, one of the gals...
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Bella Dancer
- Mar 5, 2022
- 3 min
CRYSTALLIZE: The Crystals of Crystal Bridges
As requested--you asked, I deliver. Since I've been unceremoniously booted off Instagram, I shall have to start a migration onto this...
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Bella Dancer
- Mar 3, 2022
- 4 min
WINTER AT CRYSTAL BRIDGES - My Home Away From Home
In the effort of giving Faerie Tech-Geekery its own day in the spotlight--and because the sheer mass of pixels was becoming ridiculous--I...
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Bella Dancer
- Mar 2, 2022
- 8 min
NERD ALERT: FAERIE LIGHT TECH - The North Forest By Sunset
I don't know about you, but I need a palate cleanser after all that. Writing so much about my college days, I've been musing about who I...
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Bella Dancer
- Jan 17, 2022
- 20 min
MAYA: DANCE, DRUMS, DREAMS - My First Time Dancing Around the Fire
Continued from - My First SCA Event: THE FIRST NIGHT - Halfdan Was There THE FIGHTERS - Gawking at My First Heavy Weapons Tournament...
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Bella Dancer
- Dec 29, 2021
- 26 min
FAERIE LIGHTS IN THE FOREST - How I Spent My Midwinter RebirthDay
It might not happen this year. The big PTSD anniversary reaction when somebody hacks me off by getting drunk and then getting behind the...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 21, 2021
- 16 min
WANDERING THROUGH WONDERLAND - Come Closer (No. Closer.)
I’d like to take you to Wonderland today. But in order to come with me--to truly walk with me, you have to slow down for a moment. You...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 16, 2021
- 4 min
'BIRD OUTTA THE CAGE - Fall Frolics With Lindsey Stirling - Part 8
MY JOURNEY WITH LINDSEY STIRLING: --THE MUSE IN THE MOON: A Thank You to My Muse & My Supporters --BRAVE ENOUGH: To Fight in the Arena &...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 13, 2021
- 12 min
BEYOND THE VEIL: Dancing With Shadows & Light - My Lindsey Stirling Journey 6
Continued from MY JOURNEY WITH LINDSEY STIRLING: --THE MUSE IN THE MOON: A Thank You to My Muse & My Supporters --BRAVE ENOUGH: To Fight...
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Bella Dancer
- Oct 1, 2021
- 13 min
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - Following the White Rabbit (Because I Can't Not)
In The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen, the archer gladiatrix from the sticks, has grabbed a backpack and raced into the woods, away from...
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Bella Dancer
- Aug 25, 2021
- 8 min
TWISTED HISTORY & MYTH - Adventures in World-Building
Thank you, Canva! Now if only you'd let me search for the artist's name so I could credit it. "Oooh, Izzy, you write novels?" I do. It's...
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Bella Dancer
- Jun 24, 2021
- 14 min
GOTTA WHIP IT OUT - How I Practice Mindfulness With My Phone Camera
My mom and I joke all the time on our nature walks - "Oooh, gotta whip it out!" We're referring to our phone cameras, of course. What did...
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Bella Dancer
- Jun 13, 2021
- 8 min
AFFIRMATIONS - From Acceptance to the Zero Point Potential of Creation
Image by Dennis Nejtek I really wanted to dance tonight, but my body is not ready. It's too busy healing a new tooth implant and...
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