Out of town most of today, as I’m facing down my fear of heights (down? heights? hmm…not sure if that turn of phrase works well together) by joining Jen’s outdoor trip company on a High Ropes Course. The trip summary promises that playing on the course, set up in the treetops, will make me feel like a kid again. This might be true, since I could likely pee my pants if I stop and take a good look at the ground sometime. I’ll remind myself to avoid eye-ground contact. And body-ground contact, if it all possible.
While I’m out pretending to be a psychotic squirrel, enjoy these interesting performances of Sheet Music. These gentlemen have hooked up an electrical grid to these canvases and tuned them in order to play rather fluid tones according to hand position and movement over the grid. The results are similar to what you might hear on one of those meditation CDs. An intriguing idea for a new musical instrument.
I’ll let you know whether my squirrel genes show up or not.
I see that smile.
High Ropes courses are fun! If you can learn to trust your equipment, that’ll take a lot of anxiety away. Of couse, that’s easier said than done a lotta times. I didn’t learn to trust my equipment until I actually fell off one of the obstacles. Hanging 30 feet off the ground by nothing but a harness and steel cable for 15 minutes taught me real quick that I don’t have to get all jittery on High Ropes. The safety precautions really do work!
Happy psychotic squirreling!