Think About
How much space do you take up? How much space does your work take up? Is your work site-specific? Is your body site-specific? How does your work change when in different locations? How does the reading of your work change in different locations? What are your thoughts on the virtual space in relation to your work?
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Prompt One
Move from one side of your space to another for 30 or 60 mins.
Document
Prompt Two
Be an egg:
Sit on the floor and pull your knees into your chest and curl your head down to your knees.
Try to become as small as possible.
Then, move some part of your body so that you are in a new position.
Come up with as many different positions as possible and see if you can come up with names for each one (Examples given include 'walking egg', 'jackknife egg', 'tall egg'.) (From The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it for Life by Twyla Tharp)
Document.
Prompt Three: Part One
Have a notebook ready.
Set a timer for 1-15 minuets.
Close your eyes and listen.
When the timer goes off, open your eyes and write down everything you heard.
Repeat this inside or outside in different spaces.
Option: keep your eyes open and write as your hear.
Prompt Four: Part Two
Repeat Prompt Three, but with touch.
Feel up your space.
Pro tip: keep your eyes open as you walk around the room, but close them when you’re getting handsy.
Document the textures of your environment.
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