Day 36: Why are my cheeks so warm?

I love the moment when blind lovers come to that point in time when they recognize they are feeling something much more than apathy or disdain for the other. I often race ahead in anticipation till I reach this point in the story and sometimes lose interest in the story after that point. There's something about that revelatory moment that is so much more thrilling than what comes before or after, even though that moment can't exist without having a place within the before and after.

In the story of Maria and Georg, the moment happens during their dance just outside the ballroom on the patio. The nun Maria is showing the von Trapp children one of the Austrian folk dances, and Captain von Trapp steps in to be her partner. There have been several heated arguments between these two about their differences of philosophy and execution in caring for children. But have already started to acknowledge a common delight in Austrian music and dance, and so this all comes to this moment in their dancing steps when they make their first physical contact, and lock eyes for a moment and all of the sudden there is something very intense going on. Maria runs off, probably because she had some very un-nunly feelings of arousal in a body that is soon to be dedicated as off-limits to any human lover. Georg's lady friend and fiance is the one who sees more than Maria or Georg are willing to admit, and she unsuccessfully tries to scare Maria off the premises, then eventually leaves the premises herself, knowing she is unable to distract Georg from his fiesty governess. There is another moment when Maria becomes aware that Georg has broken off his other engagement, but I don't think it carries the same dramatic pull as the earlier recognition during the dancing scene. And the rest of the movie would have very little to keep us hooked if it didn't switch to the suspenseful scenes of the family's crafty escape from Austria