Sorry I filmed this the wrong way.

The Living Desert is a beautiful botanical garden, zoo and nature / hiking trails. This is on the nature trail I did not hike the full Eisenhower Peak as it was midday, hot and I was alone and there were signs that kept warning you not to walk alone. The desert is a harsh environment – jagged rocks, heat, scurrying lizards, mountain lions along with beautiful mountain vistas, flowering cacti and jutting fault line rock formations.

I enjoyed this First Dance moment. The ending is fun.

In ever new First Dance there is a moment of understanding the landscape, as I usually do not step into the environment until I press record.  I set up the shot, look at the frame and then press record and dance so I feel as though midway through an improvisation I am finding the essence of the space and my range of how curious I am in body and mind.

I like knowing what I was thinking in each dance, the way the ground felt, the temperature, my mood, etc.

I am continuing to explore camera perspective and landscape.

I am realizing when you do not edit the beginnings and endings of the clip are part of the piece.  It requires me to walk into and out of the frame and finding various solutions to that task.  I would love a remote control – does that exist?