{"id":30269,"date":"2015-08-07T16:40:39","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T20:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=30269"},"modified":"2015-10-02T18:04:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T22:04:53","slug":"dance-break-let-music-carry-you-tasha-blank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/ja\/journal\/dance-break-let-music-carry-you-tasha-blank\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance Break: Let the Music Carry You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wanderlusters, I’ve got some especially deep + beautiful\u00a0tunes<\/a>\u00a0for you this week.<\/p>\n

I write from the wilds of Brooklyn, where I\u2019m drinking\u00a0copious amounts of juice<\/a>, annoying my neighbors with loud house music (the juiciest), and conducting existential conversations about life + love in my living room (even juicier).<\/p>\n

Judging from said conversations, we could all use some sonic miracles right now.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are slipping into late summer, the days are sticky,\u00a0the pressure\u2019s on,
\nand beneath the social feeds and\u00a0busy-ness,
\nthings are shaking us up and turning us inside out.<\/p>\n

Most likely:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s all happening for our benefit + growing us into the badasses we always already were.
\nDoesn\u2019t make it easy, though.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0that\u2019s where the music comes in.<\/strong>
\nIt carries us when nothing else can,
\npulls out the power in our hips,
\nand\u00a0transforms an aching heart into a beating breathful one.<\/p>\n

But how many of us don\u2019t let ourselves go there because we\u2019re too caught up in trying to figure it all out?\u00a0How many of us claim we can\u2019t dance?\u00a0Too many.<\/p>\n

We all know how.<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s what happens when you\u00a0really listen\u00a0<\/strong>to music,
\nwhen you give it up to that thing that happens when your mind turns off and the beat catches you.<\/p>\n