on my way

05 September 2007

Tired. Very tired. Physically. I can't rest though... there's so much to do, so little time. Indeed God will reward those who do good works away from the public eye. Sometimes I feel I could use some rest. Especially after 3 consecutive nights of three hour locking sessions each. Plus BREAKING lessons before that. And lectures. and then practice for the SOKA performance. But it's all good. This is part of my dream. Though the caveats aren't, of course.

I wonder if Chunky faced opposition when he started locking the way he does. It's definitely different from how Danny does it. Unfortunately, many local funkstylers nowadays only know Hilty & Bosch and the GoGo Brothers. And Faith Society Crew of course. These guys are dope of course. The cream of their respective crops. Then again, the scope's not only on these. There's funky guys like P-lock too.

Is it wrong for me to just sit by and watch while the rest of the non-funk (I mean this in a technical way) crowd get brainwashed into thinking that there's only one way to lock? Is it wrong for me to actually lock, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, differently from my fellow dancers? Is it wrong to at least acknowledge me as a locker instead of a three year old kid even if your lock fusion technique is extremely refined? Do you people even know what lock fusion is? Do you people even know who Don Campbell is?

Chunky is one of the very very very few normal human beings that I look up to. I wish one day I can, like him, enjoy and celebrate with other lockers the joie de vivre. That is what locking is about. It is a dance of celebration and bonding. Unfortunately, the times I lock in school... I feel like I'm having my O's all over again. No life, no funk, no JOY. Just move sharp and get the angles right.

If you can't bother reading all that stuff up there, remember this only: I am a locker. Please treat me like one - even if you're so much better.

Oh, thankfully there was some life at Studio Wu just now. Well, locking does that. I don't know why it doesn't affect some of those who have been doing it for (apparently) so long though.

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