I've had some good laughs over the past 24 hours.
Yesterday, I recounted the story about the time we were doing catharsis in with my yoga group - it entails overcoming social restraints on emotion so there can be a lot of yelling - and the neighbors called the cops!! Ha! I hadn't thought about that in a long time, and it really made me laugh. One of my yoga buddies had yelled "Let me out of this nightmare!!!" at the top of her lungs. Ok, I'm almost crying with laughter now. . .shoot.
I was downtown to see everyone in their costumes last night. While waiting at a cross walk a guy in a tela tubby (it makes me laugh while I write this), looked me straight in the eye and said, "How you doin'?" I couldn't stop laughing and neither could he - it was fun.
Just now, I was "talking" to my friend on line and he makes me laugh in this one certain way - maybe it's me sort of mimicking his laugh? But he truly makes me lol, not just ha ha ha. He has this way of verbalizing what he finds funny about something that is so excellent.
Damn. I love to laugh, makes the tears just disappear. . .
LOL!
ReplyDeleteLove this post, and love your blog. Just wanted to let you know that I linked to this piece because you inspired me to write about giggling. You made me think that giggling may be a doorway to freedom--that maybe we don't need to delve into serious inquiry. Perhaps we should flit with "light" and joy through our exploration of the unknown promises (and noncommitment) of freedom... Tra-lala!
I just found this! Yes! Bakhtin's idea was that laughter helps one overcome fear.
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