2nd September – Making sense of it all
Today I walked quietly and slowly with a map, GPS, pen, paper, peach, cheese sandwich and water.
4 shrews scurried past my path, black nosed sheep came boldly close to me, a large black bull watched me from behind a fence, moisture covered spiderwebs broke as I brushed past them with my foot, a buzzard watched me from a post, hundreds of flies landed on my face and hands while I took the photo above, a human being was cutting something with a motorised blade – grass maybe, the sun came and went, it was a still day, I got to know this place better, again, standing up, sitting and laying down. I look forward to crawling it.
I worked out a route, I worked out how many crawls I had left to do, I timed them – walking slowly, I worked out where to park. I felt I needed to have a plan in contrast to just crawling whichever way I found myself going. I felt comfortable to make a plan while assuring myself that there will still be a healthy amount of spontaneity and chaos, I know that from ‘down there’ on my hands and knees the plan will not be the same as it is ‘up here’ on my feet. I tried to find landmarks, to remember but I won’t be able to see many of them when it comes to it.
I estimate I will do 6 more 43 minute crawls during September and October to complete the route
- Down from the top ridge – a steep slope towards stone wall
- Across the sheep fields, the first part following a stone and heather wall
- The second part following the stone and heather wall
- Over the road, over a stream, past a ruin, past a cottage, very deep grass fields up to road
- Along the road, up over a steep green grass hill and partly down again towards the Pwllpeiran centre
- Down the rest of the grass hill, over the road, through the river arriving back at the Pwllpeiran centre
I thought about drawing (s) and why and how I would draw if I do, I thought about the publication, maps and I thought about how to bring the living matter into the gallery..
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