Nightwalk 2019.4 “The Coast of Utrecht”
Part of Expodium’s monthly ‘Nightwalk’ series in the Utrecht Werkspoor area
“What is your first memory of water?”
We are 8 tonight. Each in turn tells a story of their earliest memory of water.
The walk proceeds as usual, but with awareness of the proximity of water - physically and experientially.
Perspective:
My appearance reflects a liquid solidity - my surfaces of skin and features are all integrated by water. I began life 78% water, but as a mature woman am now only 55% buoyant, slightly less buoyant than a man of my weight. The more I age, the less water I carry.
The water in me came from this planet. Water was part of the planet’s formation 4,5 billion years ago. Humans emerged 9000 times later than water. How much of our feeling and emotion comes from being human, and how much from water? What does water feel?
We evolve with our environment and it with us.
Everything is changing within and without, at seemingly different speeds. We react to this temporal disconnection with existential obsessing about climate or society.
When I encounter water, I understand the speed at which I move through the world.
Water’s many forms of movement mirror my emotions, the texture of my life.
Entering the water, I am enveloped, returned momentarily to my origin.
Walkers: Witold, Ienke, Persi, Taç, Jackson; thanks to Bart & Friso
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