Allow for at least 25 minutes. You will need a shoe and an audio recording device such as the one on your phone.
This Somatic Act can be experienced as a solo, duet or group.
Start in a comfortable position that allows you to sit and hold your shoe.
Press record on your audio device.
Close your eyes.
Touch the shoe and begin sharing, verbally, through your sense of touch, the Facts. Facts include weight, function, form, texture, temperature, movement.
Allowing time…
Then slowly, begin sharing the Fictions. The Fictions are associations, images, feelings, memories, and more from the touch of your shoe. Allow the Fictions to emerge from the Facts.
Allowing time…
Returning again and again, to your sense of touch - allowing the Fictions to arise from the Facts of the shoe.
Finding a pause. Pressing stop on your audio device.
What did you notice?
Listen to the audio you recorded.