Natarajas dance activates dormant vital energy (kundalini shakti) and becomes an act of both creation, symbolized by the upper right hand holding a drum, and destruction,
represented by the flame held by the upper left hand.
«This challenge exceeded the ones presented
by the likes of those who had failed to tackle this nascent conservatism (George McGovern),
represented the dying
flame of liberalism's most successful days (Teddy Kennedy), or embodied its rich intellectual tradition (Patrick Moynihan),» Ambar writes.