May 12, 2020

5:27pm, just off of Jones Falls underneath I-83 and W 41st Street, Baltimore, MD

Dropped off a mask and got excited when I remembered this part of town. I did a headphone warmup jam. I was really digging the music and my moves. When I started my daily dance, it felt as though everything I just did fell out of me. It was a chore to push through. I really like the site. It's large enough to where I could return and not repeat the location... Basically it's a bunch of warehouses and lots with graffiti and trash, right next to the river. A lot more people out here than I anticipated. So my dancing felt more public and performative. Returning to a question which is more important to me; dancing with music or dancing without? Practicing builds my capacity for both. Perhaps the more pertinent question is what am I building toward? I have goals and dreams to attend somatic-based artist residencies. The dancing is a creative output and therapeutic tool. It's one of the various processes I engage. It strikes me, again, that I should consider inviting folks to witness my daily dances. How to format the experience though? Day one hundred thirty-three.