I’ve been achy lately. Sensitive and tender. Knee pains, back pains, feet pains. Maybe it’s just the cold whether stiffening my bones or maybe I am getting weaker and unfit. Unfit for what? Standing. Being upright, using my body. It seems so sad. I just got back from a show and the 4 hours on my feet has made my back hurt so much. Why? Not long ago I could stand for 8, 10, 14 hours at a time.
I blame the computer, yes you under my fingertips. Part of it is my fault in that I choose to entertain myself by sitting here finger surfing. The other part is how this was designed. Not just the computer but this scenario. I am being trained to do my work from here and I want to break loose from that. I want to work standing, walking, pacing, dancing.
New goal: getting away from my perch on this chair. I am not in a cage and I am not strapped down. Why do I act like I am? This is not about exercise. This is not about me going to the gym and breaking out a sweat or alloting 45 minutes a day to move fast. This is about not forgetting the strength of a human body and what it is capable of. Not losing that because it is the greatest thing you will have in your lifetime.