Okay, I researched it and I kinda get it. To understand, you've really got to research what the Boho Dance is. Its a reference to Tom Wolfe's book "The Painted Word." The Boho Dance is the thing artists feel when they are against anything close to selling out. Even becoming celebrated by rich investors. Moving on from the Boho Dance to having your work celebrated is Consummation (a step closer to selling out as the Bohos see it). In this song, the narrator has since strayed from the Boho Dance but hasn't sold out either. This song is still perplexing...a little. The last stanza is her coming to the conclusion that she isn't part of this artistic process at all (Boho Dance and Consummation). I think she finds that she's just a woman doing what she loves. As I read from a website, this song is a personal story of Joni's.
Okay, I researched it and I kinda get it. To understand, you've really got to research what the Boho Dance is. Its a reference to Tom Wolfe's book "The Painted Word." The Boho Dance is the thing artists feel when they are against anything close to selling out. Even becoming celebrated by rich investors. Moving on from the Boho Dance to having your work celebrated is Consummation (a step closer to selling out as the Bohos see it). In this song, the narrator has since strayed from the Boho Dance but hasn't sold out either. This song is still perplexing...a little. The last stanza is her coming to the conclusion that she isn't part of this artistic process at all (Boho Dance and Consummation). I think she finds that she's just a woman doing what she loves. As I read from a website, this song is a personal story of Joni's.