Dance Out Your Demons

Now that we’re in the throes of the holiday season, I’ve been thinking about what it actually means to be festive.
This contemplation started for me a few months ago when I was listening to The Emerald (a must-listen podcast on myth & meaning, btw). Josh Schrei was talking about festivals, wildness, and how earlier cultures created intentional spaces for rupture. It sent me down a little rabbit hole on what “festive” really means.
The word festive comes from festival, which in turn traces back to the Latin festum and festivus.
These words referred to feasts, holy days and occasions set apart…