11/15/09 Performance at Golden Gate Park

We were walking around the find the perfect spot, a place that sparkled a bit above the rest of its surroundings that said, yes, this is where the performance needs to happen. After meandering for a little while I saw it, a mossy patch underneath a beautiful tree with several fruitings of gorgeous mushrooms. I went over there and after pausing a moment to feel the energy of the place, I began to move.
Because of the nature of what I am doing, there are very few thoughts that happen during these performances. I dont really notice what is going on around me in a cognitive way. I feel as though I am almost all perception and things just happen while I observe in almost an instinctual way. I did have a few realizations however, several thoughts that emerged from this emptiness in my mind and lingered for a bit so that I could understand their impact. I improvise like a jazz musician improvises, but my instrument is my body. Like jazz is slightly anti beat in its improvisational moments, yet all the while maintaining the beat pattern as its starting point, I do not have any beats happening in my head or anything I am really dancing to. There is always the central pattern of my heart beat which keeps my in a time signature of sorts, but I move freely around this regulatory measure, just as the notes in a jazz solo move around the original theme, deviating then returning, constantly evolving.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• dance
• yoga
• performance
• meditation
• park
• golden gate
• shamanism
• movement

[jgregoryswendsen]

Beautiful!

 greg