Finding Form in Lines...

Returning to Lamma Island, I find myself caught in a kind of indistinct space, fluxing between disparate feelings of detachment, of seeing my former home with new eyes - a new perspective, and alternately, a sense of awe at the beauty and serenity of this place. Having thrown myself into my practice this week, relishing the space outdoors immersed in nature and needing to integrate slowly and steadily, I feel the temptation to slip deeper and deeper into the web of narratives in my body. As I prepare to return to the UK, distant emotional residues seep through my muscles drawing my awareness to which body parts need love and attention - a sense of tenderness prevailing. I ask myself how am I able to apply confront, release, change and growth in challenge and what support is needed? As I set out to explore this through a movement score my attention quickly transgressed into a movement exploration focusing intensely on the concept of lines in the body and the relationship with the structure of words and images. Moving through the space in lines, experimenting with dynamic force invited me to explore how one can move in and out of structure with fluidly, precision and chaos. To what extent can I myself move in and out of structure in my life? How can I facilitate growth both inside and outside structure? Exploring movement on both a low and high level encouraged me to find a sense of balance between grounding and risk and welcomed the question, is there a shifting dynamic between my body and mind in structure?. Many questions in further need of exploration!
    The images delivered from this score mapped a new kind of territory in my art; one that is representational of figure and form rather than pure abstraction. Again I arrive at the question how does the body inform art and how does art inform the body and what is the interconnected relationship between symbols, the imagination and movement?…