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Being a Giant Octopus

20/9/2018

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Picture
Finding above me 
central this body
expansive
presence 
so beyond mine physically that 
I am 
by this inflatable rendered incongruous
invisible

I effect and alter through body movement and lever articulation
then related from my own centre
finding
A crowd
transformed 
through this metamorphosis
into 
a sea of people
a sea of liquid
all is liquid
and so through I float
raising
falling

My senses aware
squeals of delight
frenetic child movements
individuals and collective
feelings of joy
I am this slow moving body which feels and responds
from a body other than mine
I am 
I become
outer from me
I am inflated into this form which I animate.
Picture
Ocho the giant inflatable octopus puppet is the the work of the brilliant Tim Davies.
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www.timdaviesdesign.com
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