Peter Jewell

30/09/99

How did you gauge your body as an average on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being very low, 10 being very high) in terms of the following parameters during the day:-
Temperature Range: 7-9
Density:4-6
Energy Level: 5-7
Speed: 5-6

What are your main observations and/or experiences from the MB?
Heavier work in the lower body today has brought up an increased density in the legs just after MB. It quickly dissapates. The thread running from the top of the head is emphasised, it is something I often forget. Mild heat comes up there is not so much from without. Jumping in the four directions is becoming harder. The strength is deminishing and the body knowledge and technique is not there.

What are your main observations and/or experiences from the Manipulations?

What are your main observations and/or experiences from the Ground Work?

What are your main observations and/or experiences of the whole day?
We went to the fishing hole with Peter Latz. The younger folk played. The games are familiar. I play a little. I like to be quiet. There is mutiny with the blindfolds. There is tiredness, there is youthfulness, there are different expectations of outcomes. There is a confrontation. I've never enjoyed confrontation, but I have learnt to endure to allow energies to be dissapated. We eventually refocus on the walk, somehow there is no connection between walk and the workshop. I don't understand this, and I don't feel that there is open communication because it is diffused through indirect communication - logbooks etc. There is a great sensation to encounter a body of water once more. I feel like I could swim but to look at the water is enough. Very satisfying. Lisa trips and injures her ankle. There is a great fuss. Eventually we decide through a series of eye contacts and brief conversation, to carry Lisa back to the vehicle. We do, but it is difficult and my back is tender the following day. I am reminded of the extreme and almost farcical exploits of pioneers and explorers. I respct them but feel that it is almost a matter of luck than anything else that we now celebrate their achievements. Peter talks, we walk. We skate across the surface of this landscape and slowly there is a tiny accumulation of knowledge but more so an enormous respect. I am only a visitor and any romantic thoughts of etching out a place for myself, remains only that...romantic.

 

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