There was a saying that was used back in my earlier days of partying and I believe it's still being used today which is, "dance like no one is watching."
I kind of followed that saying as a mantra. There was once a time when I felt self conscious of my dancing in public; at parties and what not, that I used to be relegate myself with enjoying the music as a wallflower. In my early 20s, things began to change and I slowly began to let loose a bit and stopped caring about what others thought about how I danced. I started having fun.
Some of my friends see me as a bit weird when I tell them I would often go out to clubs alone just for the sake of dancing or when they see me dancing by myself. Is it really such an odd concept to see someone dance alone because they enjoy dancing?
I find myself drawn to people who are able to freely dance and not letting whatever self conscious thoughts they may have stop them from having fun and expressing themselves. It's really liberating in the sense that you just don't care what others think. I feel like I can easily get along with people like that because I can relate.
At Outside Lands 2014, while I was at the main stage, enjoying the musical artistry of Run The Jewels and having a bit of dance in my feet, I took a brief moment to take in my surroundings and saw this (relatively) tiny woman just having the time of her life, dancing by herself and it brought a smile to my face. I took a photograph of her while she was in her dance frenzy and frenzy is an understatement. She was really in her own world and getting down like nobody's business.
"Tiny woman dancing" / 35mm Adox CHS 100 / August 2014