White people can’t dance. White people can’t jump.
Are these bits of cultural wisdom true or false? Saying that white people can’t jump or dance is about culture and race. A comeuppance statement voiced among people of color. Watch this video – whaddaya think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=129kuDCQtHs
Did you see a white person dance? Did a white chick jump onto the stage?
Language is a dance, don’t you think? Words are its movements, and grammar is its rhythm. Beats and flow work for me – rather than rules and strict adherence to regulations beyond the fact that a sentence = S+V.
Dance is language, too. Dance is the most articulate form of body language. Dance involves the entire body. It’s more than a snap of the fingers or flipping people off with one. It’s enthusiasm personified.
Speaking of personified… Watch this dance, its message and movements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA2G-y7ySnI
I like to write as much as I like to dance. Further, I like to sing as much as I like to converse. Solo or duo or in a choir or gang. Freedom of expression is JOY! 
White people can.
Definitely can’t dance, nor can my husband, just as well, given I’m not quite 5 2, and he’s 6 3.
Nobody watching ? Checking their phones ? Another problem… Living in a dead zone, if there’s a RTA near us, emergency calls mean a race to the nearest house with a landline.
I can see that AI could have been helpful when writing abstracts was part of my job, but those abstracts were for other people’s papers. Focusing on keywords, would I have read carefully enough ?
UK, were under more surveillance than any other country but China.
Watching us dance in the kitchen ?
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You’re in the UK? Wow –
Nothing wrong with a helping hand (as long as it’s not reaching into your purse or pocket!). Writer tools are a given these days. But plot and voice and tone are writerly things that shouldn’t be given to AI except as an editing (not a creating) tool.
Thanks for stopping by – As I’ve written before, I sincerely doubt that AI will sprout an understanding of humor and sarcasm, which are my forte, so I feel safe in my genre. I do appreciate Grammerly, which caught two errors as I quickly wrote this reply!
I haven’t used AI in any way that would impact the creativity that comes from my brain. That said, I supposed there are many tools out using AI that might assist us. In the dark ages, an encyclopedia, a thesaurus and a dictionary were all tools we were required to use wisely and correctly. Once upon a time, those resources were new, too.
Gosh, I recall when a dictionary and a full set of encyclopedias were well-used symbols of status, proof that ours was a well-read family.
I’ve been told I can dance, so I’m going with yes. 😉
I’m with you on this one as far as the use of grammar checking tools. They’re not always right, but they’re handy to consult and help make sure we’re conveying what we mean to say.
Yay, for dancing with grace and flare. YAY for online tools that help to ensure that one’s writing has grace and flare.
This white dude definitely can’t dance.
A little help is fine.
Okay – yet you and I can appreciate musical artists who can, as demo’d in the videos I posted.
I think it’s fine to use Grammarly to check grammar and other tools to help with non-creative writing tasks. I’m glad it’s helping you.
Thanks for the validation –
You always start a post that’s interesting and different, PJ. I dance beautifully ~ in my dreams. And definitely my jumping days are behind me. I’ll just plod along doing my own writing because, good or bad and slow, it’s mine. Have a great March!
Thanks for the compliment –