Disney animation at its finest, super fresh short film made over a decade ago.
Had to share this with those who havent seen it and for those who have you know why your watching it again.
Mickey Mouse in Runaway brain:
Pistol Rock
Magic.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
B-boyin in my mind...
The Mind of a Madman:
Flava reigns supreme, character is your personal expression through movement to music.
Within this dance there may be various styles, but there are things that define us a bboys/girls - specific mindsets and ways of thinking that separates us from other dance forms, there is no such thing as a style bboy or power bboy and definitely not a footwork bboy, if you categorize what we do into these you are beyond simple and need to expand your ways of thinking to see our dance as a whole, just as in life we have our preferences – this will cross over into the dance we do, the feeling you get from various movements will be how you react to music.
Yes diversity is awesome but at a point diversity becomes ignorance and being naive, we are bboys – we dance to music, we dance in a bboy manner, toprocks, drops, transitions the text in which we put or movements together define our dance, and separate us from other things that are always related to bboying for example gymnastics and capoeira, these often get compared to what we do because some of us give people the idea, this because we portray ourselves like this.
If you rock power but don’t have a way of getting into and out of it like a bboy, you are just doing it like a gymnast, fairy flying and this is why you confuse the public because you did not put it in context of being a bboy thing.
Context is key, please read this carefully because I am not dissing creativity and originality, but I am saying this is b-boyin so don’t get it twisted, if you slide in and put your foot behind your head with no bboy relation then bing bong! How can you claim to be a bboy, it’s about how you do these movements in context of being a bboy.
It’s about the “movement” not the “move” – open your mind and try to understand.
Character is what every bboy should possess as this is how we become individuals in a dance that has travelled the world, putting a bit of yourself into the moves that become our movement, example, Everyone learns a six step – character is doing it your way BUT still doing the six step.
Foundation and fundamentals.
I believe that true foundation is how we use our fundamentals to the music, for example how we correlate our basic movements/fundamentals such as top rocks, footwork, freezes and power, transitions etc and apply them to music, all dance/ art forms have fundamentals which are the most basic of tools, they are there to be utilized and used at your will but you don’t have to stick to just doing that, try other mediums and various styles but always keep in mind that you have these fundamentals for a reason.
Crawl before your walk, walk before you run, run before you sprint – so on and so forth.
Moves and movements.
I believe that everything in bboying has a place, and its a lot like learning English in the most basic of senses, for example every move and movement has its parallel in terms of English language, The alphabet is your fundamentals, your words are your movement, your grammar and punctuation and your transitions and freezes etc.
And the way you create runs/ move combos would be much like how you create a sentence, it also makes sense as you write a sentence to make a point - you dance to express yourself, thus making your movement a point every time you hit the floor.
Also putting certain words in various orders can change the way you read that sentence, it’s the same with bboyin, you can make the same amount of movements in different sequences to highlight various aspects of your run and what you are trying to achieve, for example if you want to go out and burn you would structure your run so that it has a exclamation mark , but if you wanted to keep it subtle but make a point you would remove the exclamation and use another form of punctuation thus creating a transition into various movement or new sentence.
Thus the more you learn becomes how extensive your vocabulary will be and ability to express yourself will increase as various words and ways of structuring a sentence will arise, same goes for your bboying the more movements and more understanding you have of our “language” / “bboyin” the better and more easier it becomes for you to express yourself through this art form.
Let knowledge of moves, movement and history build your vocab in bboying and let this become your arsenal.
Musicality:
“The first b-boys were getting down, they weren’t asking how do I do my moves to the music, they were just getting down, it was music first, then movement” - Fluro Rock – Graffiti Artist
This is it plain and simple, the music came before movement – though we learn to move to music in different ways, the most basic raw connection is reaction and getting down to music.
This has evolved to getting down in a bboy context – DANCE, we are dancers this is what we do, listen to the music and react accordingly.
Take your time if the song requires hitting different sections and if need be wait for that break, do go off if you aiin’t feeling it, pick and choose your moments and get down.
One gripe is the “ugh” chant over ill songs – what’s the point? You’re ruining the vibe all for a bit of hype, let the music get you hype, provide a soul clap where necessary but not when it’s not. Don’t wait for that one “beat” and hit it, you’ve probably just missed some ill percussion and a horn section that you could have ridden the isht out of.
In a ideal world we wouldn’t need to give props for simply dancing on beat because as dancers this is what should be happening naturally, we should be dancing to music, by all means when someone is a smooth brother and rides that track exceptionally well, give props – give props when and where its due.
But if a cat hits one stab but missed 3 and a dope groove, should we reward them for trying to catch up to the beat......react to the music that you hear, don’t play catch up.
This is just one shot from the barrel.
Mr Rawkus.
The Bad Bad man.
Flava reigns supreme, character is your personal expression through movement to music.
Within this dance there may be various styles, but there are things that define us a bboys/girls - specific mindsets and ways of thinking that separates us from other dance forms, there is no such thing as a style bboy or power bboy and definitely not a footwork bboy, if you categorize what we do into these you are beyond simple and need to expand your ways of thinking to see our dance as a whole, just as in life we have our preferences – this will cross over into the dance we do, the feeling you get from various movements will be how you react to music.
Yes diversity is awesome but at a point diversity becomes ignorance and being naive, we are bboys – we dance to music, we dance in a bboy manner, toprocks, drops, transitions the text in which we put or movements together define our dance, and separate us from other things that are always related to bboying for example gymnastics and capoeira, these often get compared to what we do because some of us give people the idea, this because we portray ourselves like this.
If you rock power but don’t have a way of getting into and out of it like a bboy, you are just doing it like a gymnast, fairy flying and this is why you confuse the public because you did not put it in context of being a bboy thing.
Context is key, please read this carefully because I am not dissing creativity and originality, but I am saying this is b-boyin so don’t get it twisted, if you slide in and put your foot behind your head with no bboy relation then bing bong! How can you claim to be a bboy, it’s about how you do these movements in context of being a bboy.
It’s about the “movement” not the “move” – open your mind and try to understand.
Character is what every bboy should possess as this is how we become individuals in a dance that has travelled the world, putting a bit of yourself into the moves that become our movement, example, Everyone learns a six step – character is doing it your way BUT still doing the six step.
Foundation and fundamentals.
I believe that true foundation is how we use our fundamentals to the music, for example how we correlate our basic movements/fundamentals such as top rocks, footwork, freezes and power, transitions etc and apply them to music, all dance/ art forms have fundamentals which are the most basic of tools, they are there to be utilized and used at your will but you don’t have to stick to just doing that, try other mediums and various styles but always keep in mind that you have these fundamentals for a reason.
Crawl before your walk, walk before you run, run before you sprint – so on and so forth.
Moves and movements.
I believe that everything in bboying has a place, and its a lot like learning English in the most basic of senses, for example every move and movement has its parallel in terms of English language, The alphabet is your fundamentals, your words are your movement, your grammar and punctuation and your transitions and freezes etc.
And the way you create runs/ move combos would be much like how you create a sentence, it also makes sense as you write a sentence to make a point - you dance to express yourself, thus making your movement a point every time you hit the floor.
Also putting certain words in various orders can change the way you read that sentence, it’s the same with bboyin, you can make the same amount of movements in different sequences to highlight various aspects of your run and what you are trying to achieve, for example if you want to go out and burn you would structure your run so that it has a exclamation mark , but if you wanted to keep it subtle but make a point you would remove the exclamation and use another form of punctuation thus creating a transition into various movement or new sentence.
Thus the more you learn becomes how extensive your vocabulary will be and ability to express yourself will increase as various words and ways of structuring a sentence will arise, same goes for your bboying the more movements and more understanding you have of our “language” / “bboyin” the better and more easier it becomes for you to express yourself through this art form.
Let knowledge of moves, movement and history build your vocab in bboying and let this become your arsenal.
Musicality:
“The first b-boys were getting down, they weren’t asking how do I do my moves to the music, they were just getting down, it was music first, then movement” - Fluro Rock – Graffiti Artist
This is it plain and simple, the music came before movement – though we learn to move to music in different ways, the most basic raw connection is reaction and getting down to music.
This has evolved to getting down in a bboy context – DANCE, we are dancers this is what we do, listen to the music and react accordingly.
Take your time if the song requires hitting different sections and if need be wait for that break, do go off if you aiin’t feeling it, pick and choose your moments and get down.
One gripe is the “ugh” chant over ill songs – what’s the point? You’re ruining the vibe all for a bit of hype, let the music get you hype, provide a soul clap where necessary but not when it’s not. Don’t wait for that one “beat” and hit it, you’ve probably just missed some ill percussion and a horn section that you could have ridden the isht out of.
In a ideal world we wouldn’t need to give props for simply dancing on beat because as dancers this is what should be happening naturally, we should be dancing to music, by all means when someone is a smooth brother and rides that track exceptionally well, give props – give props when and where its due.
But if a cat hits one stab but missed 3 and a dope groove, should we reward them for trying to catch up to the beat......react to the music that you hear, don’t play catch up.
This is just one shot from the barrel.
Mr Rawkus.
The Bad Bad man.
Soul Compartment Theory.
Okay time for some Pistol Pace philosophy.
As the title reads, its called the soul compartment theory or glass theory.
The idea is loosely based on old alchemist philosophy, were each human being's soul is comprised of compartments or glasses, for example say you have 8 glasses that represent the differnt aspects which complete ones soul, you as a human being fill these glasses by your actions and in general who you are - because each human being is not the same we do not have a equal amount of filling for each glass/compartment, what happens is that you fill some compartments more than others, sometimes even causing some glasses to over flow (which happens most of the time).
Thus causing a in balance of the soul.
The purpose of this article I will refer to fillng these compartments as feeding ones soul or soul food.
Alchemy suggests that in order to create a balance in ones soul, we should find and draw ourselves towards those who will fill our glasses and thus in turn filling other humans glasses and in compartments they lack.
For example:
These are some of my soul compartments:
As you can see some compartments are full to the brim and some are lacking.
Here is another persons soul compartments:
The idea around this, is that we should surround ourselves with other people who can help us obtain a balance of our compartments thus in turn becoming a better human being.
Once you find this person or people you should start sharing soul food.
Once this is done your comprtments should end up like so:
But in saying this we constantly deplete our soul compartments contents as we live each day, you also keep producing new contents in compartments daily.
This now can be applicable in temrs of human relationships, whether it be with the person you love, your partner or friends that you hang out with, the idea of this theory is that you should be connecting with people who will be feeding your soul where some of your compartments are empty or not full.
It all goes back to the idea that you are a product of your environment and that who you are and who you want to be, is dictated by the people you have in your life and how their actions and ideas shape the person you are or want to become.
For example feeding your soul can come in many shapes and forms, mostly they can come from the things that interest you or things you are passionate about, but its not the interest or passion itself in literal terms, but the things you get from the interest or passion - the feelings of happiness, excitement, elation, completion, freedom.
The ideas around this theory can be taken in various ways and in variation on how its applicable to the person you want to be.
For example why waste your time with surface dwellers(people who only scratch the surface in life and never dig deep for more) when you could be spending the true precious time we have on this earth with those who will help you find the balance in your soul compartments.
There is a old saying and belief that goes like so;
"We as humans are not born with a soul but only with the seed of spirituality"
I have my take on this saying, I believe that we are all born with a soul but just as babies are born into the world it needs to be taken care of, fed and taught in order for it to grow and fulfill its potential, this goes for our souls aswell - in order for our souls to be alive and present in everyday life, we must feed it and take care of it.
Soul is the key, in the words of a good homie - If the soul keeps rockin, the streets keep rockin'
Soul Food.
Peace.
As the title reads, its called the soul compartment theory or glass theory.
The idea is loosely based on old alchemist philosophy, were each human being's soul is comprised of compartments or glasses, for example say you have 8 glasses that represent the differnt aspects which complete ones soul, you as a human being fill these glasses by your actions and in general who you are - because each human being is not the same we do not have a equal amount of filling for each glass/compartment, what happens is that you fill some compartments more than others, sometimes even causing some glasses to over flow (which happens most of the time).
Thus causing a in balance of the soul.
The purpose of this article I will refer to fillng these compartments as feeding ones soul or soul food.
Alchemy suggests that in order to create a balance in ones soul, we should find and draw ourselves towards those who will fill our glasses and thus in turn filling other humans glasses and in compartments they lack.
For example:
These are some of my soul compartments:
As you can see some compartments are full to the brim and some are lacking.
Here is another persons soul compartments:
The idea around this, is that we should surround ourselves with other people who can help us obtain a balance of our compartments thus in turn becoming a better human being.
Once you find this person or people you should start sharing soul food.
Once this is done your comprtments should end up like so:
But in saying this we constantly deplete our soul compartments contents as we live each day, you also keep producing new contents in compartments daily.
This now can be applicable in temrs of human relationships, whether it be with the person you love, your partner or friends that you hang out with, the idea of this theory is that you should be connecting with people who will be feeding your soul where some of your compartments are empty or not full.
It all goes back to the idea that you are a product of your environment and that who you are and who you want to be, is dictated by the people you have in your life and how their actions and ideas shape the person you are or want to become.
For example feeding your soul can come in many shapes and forms, mostly they can come from the things that interest you or things you are passionate about, but its not the interest or passion itself in literal terms, but the things you get from the interest or passion - the feelings of happiness, excitement, elation, completion, freedom.
The ideas around this theory can be taken in various ways and in variation on how its applicable to the person you want to be.
For example why waste your time with surface dwellers(people who only scratch the surface in life and never dig deep for more) when you could be spending the true precious time we have on this earth with those who will help you find the balance in your soul compartments.
There is a old saying and belief that goes like so;
"We as humans are not born with a soul but only with the seed of spirituality"
I have my take on this saying, I believe that we are all born with a soul but just as babies are born into the world it needs to be taken care of, fed and taught in order for it to grow and fulfill its potential, this goes for our souls aswell - in order for our souls to be alive and present in everyday life, we must feed it and take care of it.
Soul is the key, in the words of a good homie - If the soul keeps rockin, the streets keep rockin'
Soul Food.
Peace.
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