Evolution
Prehistoric art features runners. By this point we were already bi-pedal, so we had returned to the land, from the sea, we had returned to the trees. But our art seems to start with running, not climbing. Not swimming.
In what way does science use these pictorial references?
There were trees and there was water (Morgan).
Watching the body, why is it relevant?
We learn through mirror-neurons how not to fall (Grimes). Those of us who learn best survive.
Genetics studies (Dobbs, Orchid Children) finds that rebel genes are selected for. Those who make leaps, evolve.
Perhaps we no longer select for these physical learning traits but we have seen that these physical creatives also take other leaps, they are rebels, the ones who are selected for and will evolve. In which case, is the physical aspect still essential or an evolutionary red-herring?
I would like to make a work using this inspiration. Perhaps a mirroring of water and air.
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