Not the first - and definitely not the last, run...

We have stepped out of the rehearsal studio and have traveled to lands afar. With our runner in sight, we witnessed her momentum and contemplated her journey from the safety and comfort of our vehicle.

I know I talk a lot, but it's quality Lucy, not quantity that the masses want. I will endeavour to remember as we continue to make these journeys.

But the sights we saw! The lessons we learned! There is so much information to impart on my fellow passengers I want to share the world with them yet I don't know where to start! (The Beginning is always a good spot - wherever that is...)

We had a brief stop to get some happy tourist snaps in a new location, then our runner, faster than a bolt of lightning, sped off towards the Destination with us in her wake...

A Meeting with Friends

How exciting - and what a difference it makes - 

having friends to talk to, 'experiment' on and perform for!

Fiona and I emerged from the orange box (all the way to the footpath outside)

and indulged our visitors with a few morsels of the adventure to come: 

our journey to the edge of the earth. 

Being as one with the elements (as you can see, 

here we were contending with beautiful sunshine and generally mild, 

lovely weather) we were able to play with several parts 

of our intended expedition. 

I don't yet see a bus - our transport to carry you on this adventure, 

but it was there, in spirit. 

Tomorrow I drive the path you and I will take, 

but our runner will not be with us - she will be of course, running....

Reading material

I look at the pile of books on my desk today - a slightly odd collection, much as Hiatus is shaping up to be! A showing during rehearsals this past week (Maximised by Chunky Move), made me realise I'd quite entirely forgotten the humour that exists in this performance - a humour that has at times filled me with tearful laughter.

The reading score for a balanced experience:

For inspiration read Pat Farmer's Pole to Pole: One Man, 20 Million Steps
When Pat gets too much (accounts of puss being removed from infected toes is not so inspirational),
Read Lucy Walker's Six for Heaven and feel the LOVE.... "his arm took my arm and I felt it's strength...."
and, for a picture of reality and some food for contemplation, a flip through the Next Wave Magazine!
Repeat as required.