i do not defy gravity. i defeat it. i am hot and sweaty and disgusting but i am not going to stop making progress. it hurts. i don't care. it is beautiful. i relish in a new move, in doing something that i couldn't before. i adore doing things that i thought that i never could. the aerial silks are an art, a form of dance, and many think that dancing is for others. it isn't. i dance for me and for me only. it is in the air that i remember that i am beautiful. i hate to touch down and forget.