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Dance footage from Dharamsala, Himchal Pradesh, India - 2014
Other clips from Tasmania, Victoria and NSW, Australia.
The resource of spacial presence that our ancestors knew and lived, both human and animal, is still available to us in the modern world. Uncovering and developing this resource for application in the contemporary context is fundamentally healing, empowering and accessible.
There are powerful primal underpinnings to why physical awareness of ourselves, the people around us, and the space we are in, is a skill to develop. Tracking Perception is practicing spacial awareness, leading to deeper experiences of the present moment. With practice we can be more alert to changes in our environment, socially and physically, allowing us to respond with initiative and care. Being present to the physical space we are in is an essential element in relaxation, confidence, and understanding of our present context. Being centred in the space can lead to deepening awareness of the way other people are in the space, and by extension, the shifting dynamic of group consciousness. As natural beings, we have in times past had a deeper relationship with the natural world, grounded in connection to space and place. The methods involved in training and improving this experience need to both address the barriers or challenges to being present, and develop the skills that allow a state of presence. More advanced practice results in a sophistication and deepening of the spacial experience. The biggest barrier to presence will be different for different people, but the main one is anxiety or tension. If we take that tension on the spectrum of relaxation, and also that we can get better at relaxing, then the process begins with methods to move from tension or resistance towards an relaxed awareness. The word transmutation is the best suited to describing this process. With practice, we can take the social and spacial dis-ease, and use it as a teacher to move to the resolution of these issues, and further integrative practice is essential to mastery. This video, as with all of my videos, is a response to a particular state of mind I was in. I had just watched a whole lot of police brutality videos on youtube... I'm not even sure why. I feel an incredible anger and pain at the violence inherent in systems of governance...this video is an expression of the desire to dis-identify with the hierarchy that make it possible. There is nothing 'rational' about this work, the poetry is stream of consciousness and the video came together around it. I do my utmost not to judge the value of my creative work, leaving it to the past, and moving on to the next project. *the riot footage is from the Melbourne occupy protests Bullet Proof Psyche
The invincible psyche of the outcast mighty fuck you and your drawn out unsightly graceless and disgusting hierarchy bring back the old gods of honor and love fuck you and your shit stained glove I renounce all material wealth I renounce all material wealth and, get it, the consensus media maim-train of fear and pain this is ended now, I renounce the victim upset this bullet proof mind is silver and untouchable and I Identify with that which cannot be said the end of Michael is the end of the living dead I send back my name to the burning pillar fuck you and your disgraceful disintegration I don't vote and never have, Its a fact I actively discourage the policy making hypocrisy shaking the ground with this decided proclamation up above there are storm clouds gathering lets define spiritual fulfillment as the right to relax the integrated psychology expects no reflection this is because its reclaimed all projections the whole is a beast unto itself and the whole world rolls over to the upstart whelp where is your honor cos mines on my sleeve I live in the right place, left in the breeze the authorship of self claimed authority is wielded like divine sentimentality breath it out cos the air is free, give up the struggle to be somebody I renounce myself, I die hereby I've eaten my fears, and blessed my ears being glorified in immortality the bullet proof psyche |
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