KJ:
"try not to add value to it"
"confusion...means you're learning something new"
"when something is growing, no one and nothing looks at it and says 'don't grow'"
7/12
KJ brought a bird's nest the flew down from a tree outside her apartment in Brooklyn. It's a kind of container.
Outside:
Walking through the container of outdoor space, with eyes closed. Am I invisible. KJ prompts us to question whether we are visible or invisible, appearing or disappearing within the environment. Does my body communicate in action, to nature? I lay down beneath a tree, under twigs, to embody the ground. Am I now invisible? By participating in nature, do we become invisible because we are part of it? It seems that participation & invisibility and non-participation & visibility coincide.
Inside:
Prompted to think about respiration. How can I breath with other parts of my body, like my feet? My hands, my eyes? How does my physical perception extend beyond the man-made structure of this studio? The group is told to stand in a tight clump in the center of the quiet room. We are all quiet, yet the sound of swallowing and breathing is so loud and powerful. I've never heard nothing but the sound of swallowing like this. I may use this in my project.
KJ:
over the next few days, observe the patterns (of your body, your judgement) and break them. And, if a pattern forms, use it or see it as a tool.
Evening:
Watched Vanishing of the Bees. The fragility of all life is ever present, but today so many people are in denial of this. Millions of bees are essential to the survival of food several creatures, yet our pesticides are killing them. The U.S. government only funds certain research, and many holes in research result. We may never find all of the reasons that bees have been disappearing. It's not just our actions that need to change, but our mindset towards the action.
Albert Einstein:
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
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