9/16/09

Movement: We worked more with elements of nature today. I don't think this element thing is for me. I feel really lame trying to think of things to do that look like fire. I run out of stuff to do and I feel like I'm falling into cliches and not really staying true to the nature of the thing I'm trying to imitate. Um....I'm not sure what animals I'm going to study. I feel like I kind of trudge when I walk because when I'm walking I'm usually carrying my backpack, or walking a really long way. I also kinda stand with one shoulder lower than the other and all my weight on one side. But if I'm going somewhere in a hurry or I don't have to carry anything I kinda clip along at a choppy pace. I can't think of an animal I can identify that with. I've also noticed (and this has nothing to do with the animal thing) that sometimes I imagine what I look like when I'm walking. Or I'll start thinking of a person or a character and start walking like them, or I'll imagine an objective or destination that's different from where I'm really going and for what reason. And it really informs the way I move and the faces I make. I've done it since I was little and it's one of those weird child-hood habits I never lost. Hm.