Image description: A drawing of mine in black pen ink of two abstract figures that appear to be somewhat like bodies. One seems to reach up from below and the other is a diffuse presence overhead. They have small black dots at the ends of their “limbs”

Image description: A drawing of mine in black pen ink of two abstract figures that appear to be somewhat like bodies. One seems to reach up from below and the other is a diffuse presence overhead. They have small black dots at the ends of their “limbs”

WHAT WANTS TO HAPPEN?

On September 30, 2017, Emily Jones and I facilitated a movement-based workshop as part of Creek Colleges - experimental schools that bridge art and environmental conservation in Portland, OR.

Through sensory walks, movement explorations with eyes closed, and experiments in “attending to” an environment with a redistributed hierarchy of the senses, we worked to uncover possibilities for instant composition—the emergence of the poetic in a particular place. What wants to happen?