Luke Jones
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There's a lot of guilt around grief and shame and lots and lots of difficult emotions. So we take that and we leave that on the dance floor. We tell people to leave it on the dance floor. MUSIC PLAYS
There's a lot of guilt around grief and shame and lots and lots of difficult emotions. So we take that and we leave that on the dance floor. We tell people to leave it on the dance floor. MUSIC PLAYS
There's a lot of guilt around grief and shame and lots and lots of difficult emotions. So we take that and we leave that on the dance floor. We tell people to leave it on the dance floor. MUSIC PLAYS
It came to me, really, from what I needed very soon after Arshan died. I just had this desire to dance. I had this need to be on a dance floor. I've always loved music, house music. I'm a regular to Ibiza. So I just had a desire to dance. And me and Leah... did that together. So we would go out, we would dance, and I would feel lighter. I would feel better and more human, more alive.
It came to me, really, from what I needed very soon after Arshan died. I just had this desire to dance. I had this need to be on a dance floor. I've always loved music, house music. I'm a regular to Ibiza. So I just had a desire to dance. And me and Leah... did that together. So we would go out, we would dance, and I would feel lighter. I would feel better and more human, more alive.
It came to me, really, from what I needed very soon after Arshan died. I just had this desire to dance. I had this need to be on a dance floor. I've always loved music, house music. I'm a regular to Ibiza. So I just had a desire to dance. And me and Leah... did that together. So we would go out, we would dance, and I would feel lighter. I would feel better and more human, more alive.
We open with an opening ceremony, so we welcome everyone into the space. And we actually give people a physical permission slip. And on this permission slip, it says you can be heartbroken and hopeful, joyful and sad. All is welcome on our dance floor. And we talk about this duality, this sense of feeling happy.
We open with an opening ceremony, so we welcome everyone into the space. And we actually give people a physical permission slip. And on this permission slip, it says you can be heartbroken and hopeful, joyful and sad. All is welcome on our dance floor. And we talk about this duality, this sense of feeling happy.
We open with an opening ceremony, so we welcome everyone into the space. And we actually give people a physical permission slip. And on this permission slip, it says you can be heartbroken and hopeful, joyful and sad. All is welcome on our dance floor. And we talk about this duality, this sense of feeling happy.
feeling heavy with grief, but also the benefits of dancing and what that can do to us. And we can have... Grief and joy. We invite people to not feel guilty around it because there's a lot of guilt around grief and shame and lots and lots of difficult emotions. So we take that and we leave that on the dad's floor. We tell people to leave it on the dad's floor. And they do.
feeling heavy with grief, but also the benefits of dancing and what that can do to us. And we can have... Grief and joy. We invite people to not feel guilty around it because there's a lot of guilt around grief and shame and lots and lots of difficult emotions. So we take that and we leave that on the dad's floor. We tell people to leave it on the dad's floor. And they do.
feeling heavy with grief, but also the benefits of dancing and what that can do to us. And we can have... Grief and joy. We invite people to not feel guilty around it because there's a lot of guilt around grief and shame and lots and lots of difficult emotions. So we take that and we leave that on the dad's floor. We tell people to leave it on the dad's floor. And they do.
And it's just such a wonderful... That tends to really hit people the most, that permission for joy and... And yeah, somebody said to me the other day, it's an event that I went to that I didn't know I needed because it fills, it helps us deal with all the heaviness.
And it's just such a wonderful... That tends to really hit people the most, that permission for joy and... And yeah, somebody said to me the other day, it's an event that I went to that I didn't know I needed because it fills, it helps us deal with all the heaviness.
And it's just such a wonderful... That tends to really hit people the most, that permission for joy and... And yeah, somebody said to me the other day, it's an event that I went to that I didn't know I needed because it fills, it helps us deal with all the heaviness.
And it's so difficult to maybe put into words, as Leah said, but having that opportunity to be in a place that's joyful as well, to be in a place where there's music, you can speak to people that totally get it, that know how you feel. especially because when you are grieving, sometimes the answer to how are you today isn't pretty, but we haven't got the capacity sometimes to deal with that.
And it's so difficult to maybe put into words, as Leah said, but having that opportunity to be in a place that's joyful as well, to be in a place where there's music, you can speak to people that totally get it, that know how you feel. especially because when you are grieving, sometimes the answer to how are you today isn't pretty, but we haven't got the capacity sometimes to deal with that.
And it's so difficult to maybe put into words, as Leah said, but having that opportunity to be in a place that's joyful as well, to be in a place where there's music, you can speak to people that totally get it, that know how you feel. especially because when you are grieving, sometimes the answer to how are you today isn't pretty, but we haven't got the capacity sometimes to deal with that.
So you button up and you say, yeah, fine. But when you come to the grief disco, you're invited to just say, yeah, this is how I feel.
So you button up and you say, yeah, fine. But when you come to the grief disco, you're invited to just say, yeah, this is how I feel.