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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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 2, 2022
- 19 min
FANTASY, ACTION, ROMANCE & SEX: Not Mortal Combatants
Continued from: --A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - If you haven't read this sex, language & violence content warning with its (non)binary...
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Bella Dancer
- Jun 19, 2022
- 18 min
"WRITE WHAT YOU WANT TO READ" THEY SAID - So I Do
Continued from: --GLADIATORS HIJACK MY LIFE - How I Started Writing My Gladiatrix --A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - If you haven't read this...
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Bella Dancer
- May 10, 2022
- 4 min
INJURED. Again.
Annnnd I'm down again. Out of commission. Back on my ass. One of my old trusty, musty injuries has flared up to the point where there is...
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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 22, 2022
- 9 min
SOLSTICE IN THE UNDERTHING; EQUINOX IN SPRING - Making, Breaking. Tending, Mending.
Our tale is close to making the turn now. We’re about to finally head back up from the Underworld, and what better way to celebrate that...
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Bella Dancer
- Mar 13, 2022
- 22 min
ART(IST) MUST BE BEAUTIFUL - The Agony, the Bliss, the Transformational Healing Power of Art
We've got some VERY adult art going on today. And not only because there are (gasp!) boobies in it. Board this ship at your own risk. We...
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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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