MOTION-SENSING PHENOMENOLOGY

Abstract

Sometimes I just have to see the ocean to gain inspiration. I want to get close and hear the water caressing the beach, the sound rippling through me. Today I stand for about 5 minutes of real time in what feels like an eternal moment. My heart rate is elevated from the run that brings me to the beach, pulsing into the freshness of the waves moving in my direction. My gaze stretches to the horizon, to the place where gravity plays with the wind, and back to the ripples inches from my feet. The senso-ry experience of being close to water affects the way I feel on many levels. The more I see and hear the natural flow of water, the more I feel at ease with the natural movement of thought. (Rebecca Lloyd’s journal, 2001)