Westridge, seen above inversion, with snowmachine tracks (I.26.2009),
Copia, Southside . . .
On the road in the American Northwest.

UNDERSTANDING THE SHAPE OF CHANGE—

12 primary concepts for the description and generation of
movement in Music, Poetry and Dance

(1) difference

(2) complementarity

(3) qualitative temporal-spatial ground

(4) density

(5) directionality

(6) constant / variable

(7) regular / irregular

(8) continuous / discrete

(9) homogeneous / heterogeneous

(10) spatio-temporal hierarchy

(11) simple/complex

(12) the universal somatic constant



LET ME REMIND MYSELF HERE:

Do not mistake—density for intensity,

randomness for the unexpected,

complicatedness for complexity,

sentimentality for simplicity,

intellectual virtuosity for subtlety,

length for depth, or merely

a loud voice for vitality.

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I might just mention here, following my ethical principle,
First, do no harm, I never use cars or snowmachine. I
do everything on foot, bike or ski. I think this in a
deep and direct way affects my work, and how I see
the world. So all the photos above were approached
on foot, including all the in between spaces, sometimes
involving journeys of weeks or months.

I would not want to work any other way.

All Photographs & texts by Cliff Crego © 2011 picture-poems.com
(created: VI18.2008)