sleetorr
04-11-2009, 07:50 AM
If you asked me, "Sleetorr, what do you think is a dying art that definitely shouldn't be dying?"
I'd respond with, "Well dear sir and/or ma'am. I'm so glad you asked me this question since I was just thinking about it!" And I would go on this large rant about how calligraphy is a lost art and I hardly know anybody that does it anymore.
But if you asked me, "Sleetorr, what do you think is the second most tragic art that is dying?"
I would respond, "Why Ice Skating of course!" Why?
Because, it is. When I was a young little child, eyes wide and full of hope and wonder, my parents threw me into a figure skating class for about a year before it got too expensive and too inconvenient to get to the Ice rink. It took almost an hour to drive me from school to class as it was across town and there was no easy way to get there. That combined with having to take my sisters to dance, it just didn't work out. As less and less people were going to play hockey or just skate for fun, they raised the tuition and eventually it was just too impractical.
And that's generally just it, too impractical. After Ice skating, it was off to ballet for me. Because it was more convenient as there was a dance studio every 5 blocks from my house and the rates were competitive. So here I am now, 23, boring, having gone through my life thus far experiencing an absurd amount of hobbies and today I took my girlfriend Ice skating and saw a beautiful young lady skating, by herself, looking as solemn and alone as the ice princess she is. Metaphorically speaking, it was immensely tragic. But it fueled my desire to skate again. But other than the last two decades of doing nothing but dancing, martial arts and gymnastics as hobbies, the only skill I can transfer over is balance. Even then it's not nearly the same.
It's such a tragedy that the world is letting this art die. :\
I'd respond with, "Well dear sir and/or ma'am. I'm so glad you asked me this question since I was just thinking about it!" And I would go on this large rant about how calligraphy is a lost art and I hardly know anybody that does it anymore.
But if you asked me, "Sleetorr, what do you think is the second most tragic art that is dying?"
I would respond, "Why Ice Skating of course!" Why?
Because, it is. When I was a young little child, eyes wide and full of hope and wonder, my parents threw me into a figure skating class for about a year before it got too expensive and too inconvenient to get to the Ice rink. It took almost an hour to drive me from school to class as it was across town and there was no easy way to get there. That combined with having to take my sisters to dance, it just didn't work out. As less and less people were going to play hockey or just skate for fun, they raised the tuition and eventually it was just too impractical.
And that's generally just it, too impractical. After Ice skating, it was off to ballet for me. Because it was more convenient as there was a dance studio every 5 blocks from my house and the rates were competitive. So here I am now, 23, boring, having gone through my life thus far experiencing an absurd amount of hobbies and today I took my girlfriend Ice skating and saw a beautiful young lady skating, by herself, looking as solemn and alone as the ice princess she is. Metaphorically speaking, it was immensely tragic. But it fueled my desire to skate again. But other than the last two decades of doing nothing but dancing, martial arts and gymnastics as hobbies, the only skill I can transfer over is balance. Even then it's not nearly the same.
It's such a tragedy that the world is letting this art die. :\