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What Dance Can Teach You About Blogging?

Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by Ashwin in Blogging

I am a good dancer and I just happened to have a great time yesterday when I happen to hit the floor after a terribly long time. I was just thinking about this when I realized that blogging, as an act by itself, has a lot of similarities with dancing. Wondering what those similarities might be? Here they are:

Dancing is a potent way to express yourself

In Indian Mythology, Lord Shiva is known to dance fiercely, with a raging intensity. Apparently, it is known to be a way of expressing his happiness or anger — more anger than anything else for this God. In yet another example, Kerala in South India is famous for a folk dance in which dancers communicate solely through their dance, eyes and facial expressions. Blogging isn’t something Gods do, but blogging is an act of expressing your ideas, point of view. Much similar to dancing, blogging is an output of your personality.

Dancing Is a Synchronized Activity

Ever witnessed a group dance? I am sure you did. Did you notice the fact that dance is a very synchronized(choreographed) activity. Blogging isn’t that synchronized, but it still is. If there is a team of bloggers, can you imagine the chaos if everyone went about blogging their own way? It never happens because everyone understands their unique, individual contribution to the team blog. Promoting your blog is also a very modulated and synchronized activity, in case you were wondering.

Dancing is Creative

Dancing is a very creative activity.More often than not, choreographers have to continuously think of new moves, fancier ways to groove. Dancers are constantly trying to come up with new ways to dance. Blogging is so similar to dancing in this regard : bloggers have to come up with new ideas to post about, say the same thing in a different way each time and so much more.

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