Dean took us on a magical experience today - adding coastal stimuli to the research for In-habit.
We drove through the Jervis Bay National Park past Huckisson and Vincentia and into the Booderee National Park spotting little wallaby's and kangaroos along the way. With our sketch pads and note books we made our way barefoot down a beach track to explore the rocks and caves and the course pebbly sands of Murrays Beach.
It was a spectacular vista - true paradise. There were big blue bottles freshly washed up onto the beach, pods of dolphins playing in the water the whole time we were there, a shark egg washed up with the seaweed and two beautiful big sea eagles gliding along the treeline of the beach looking for their next catch.
The dancers imagined they were part of the environment and placed themselves in several pictures next to, under and on top of the old tree trunk, the sand dunes with the native flowering plants (Banksia) and coastal grasses and the huge pile of washed up seaweed on the beach at one end. Miranda found a beautiful wig which suited her lovely face. If she had a tail she could have been a mermaid for the day, but the water was a bit cold.
More slow walking together in a line and tuning into the environment, observing the sounds, the smells, the feeling under our feet and the texture and colour of the rocks. We went into a cave at low tide so we could walk on the sandy bottom looking out into the horizon while imagining the wind gently blowing on our bodies. We did blindfold leading again. This time it was guided. The girls split from the boys and went on more a sensory journey. The boys had fun being silly and creating mostly bizarre audio environments for each other and included random tourist participation, deaths and weddings with a lot of sand and props from the nature.
Quote for the day...
This is better than working at Coles, I'd like to do this again. Andrew Pandos
http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/booderee/
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