STEPS
I’m thinking about the steps we make when we walk, run, dance, move.. The steps which move me, you and everyone else. There’s a rhythm in the steps. “If you can walk you can dance”, I heard somewhere. The steps don’t only move us from one place to another, they move our body. When we make a step we’re making it happen with our whole body. Think about all the muscles which you need to engage to make it happen. Each step resonates into the rest of the body and echoes on the inside and outside. Arms swing in opposing directions. Opposing forces help us balance. How often do you think about how you walk? How do you execute each movement and how does it feel? Where does the series of movements start? An impulse starting in our brain, travelling through the nervous system giving impulse to the muscles. It’s like a wave in the body, creating the movement of walk.
I’m thinking about the steps I do when I’m moving my feet and making sounds with them. My feet in the shoes, the shoes as an instrument making different sounds depending on the material it’s being touched, brushed or hit onto. Step dancing. I wonder how many steps I’ve done in my life, how many hops, jumps, shuffles, trebles,...
When we walk on sand, our steps leave a temporary trace. Suddenly there’s a visual representation of a temporary audio visual phenomenon. Movement and sound exist only in the present moment unless recorded on a device - camera, microphone. Our movement cutting through the particles of space leaving trace not visible to a human eye suddenly leaves a definite trace. Then gets washed away. A wave comes and makes it vanish. Movement leads into movement leads into movement. The never stopping flow of energy.
