Exercise for any kind of artist, writer, or performer:
Transform a character or a motion in in a certain direction
&or in its contrary, such as (pick one):
ARCH / DRAPE
BALANCE / LUNGE
BUD / BLOSSOM
CAUTIOUS / BOLD
COIL / FLATTEN
CONCENTRATE / ERUPT
EMBRACE / REPEL
EXPAND / TWIST
FLOURISH / DECAY
FROG / BUTTERFLY
HOLD / RELEASE
INWARD / ENGAGED
JOYFUL / BROODING
MANTIS / OCTOPUS
NARROW / SPREAD
ROOTED / FLOWING
SERPENT / EAGLE
SQUAT / RISE
THRUST / PARRY
WORM / CLOUD
– or any such complementarity you wish to explore – be creative.
Interpret in any way that works for you.
Feel the transition from one pose to its opposite.
Feel the tension between two directions or tendencies.
Feel the spectrum of shadings between the two.
That’s the exercise.