2004-06-19-9:13 p.m.
When I see amazing writing, it makes me want to be creative, be brilliant. Anything you do can be brilliant, it doesn't matter what it is. Walking down the street: make it a higher form of walking down the street. How is that done?

I have no idea.

Yet, it can be done. Let us just sit down together and think about it. Walking down the street is just natural: if nothing else consider yourself a MASTER at walking. Why? Well, consider your age and you've already been walking for those double digit years. Do any other activity for 20 years or more and you become a Master. It just happens that everyone is a Master at walking because it's genetically preprogramed. Just like grasping and other movements, the body needs them to live, so it develops them over time.

Then we all have this Master level of walking down the street. If we have such a level, then we obviously have the knowledge to create something beyond a natural talent. And we have a ton of other experiences to rely upon to add. We also have not just our feet but a full range of motion of our arms, head, shoulders, wrists, knees, and the eyes if used properly.

We might be a Master at walking but because it's so natural we have no idea how we do it. So, watch how you walk. Is it the same when you're looking and when you're not looking? How does the foot fall? Is it heel-toe, or maybe just toe? How far do you lift your knees up? Can you smoke and walk at the same time with your hands in your pockets? Does that effect regular walking?

Then after a good gauge of your normal walk, you can try different situations on brilliant walking. Try toe-heel. Try heel-toe. Maybe bend your knees more or lift them more? A couple large mirrors in a circle might help in seeing. Alexander the Actor did this to create his own form of posture, so we can steal it from him to make our own walking. Does your walk want to match your mood? Maybe a different walk for a different mood? Create angry walks, devastating walks, laughing walks, sexually alluring walks (I think these are already developed), and if you are bold go beyond the word "walk" to different words like "stroll" or "drift."

As you can see, you can make anything brilliant. If you want to make walking brilliant, then it would only be for yourself. Because who pays money for "professional walkers." No! You won't impress the opposite sex, but they might think you are crazy or without goals in life. You might get a spot on the local news, but that would be 5 seconds and no one would give a shit. In fact, I advise to avoid the local news, they make your endeavors look foolish.

No, do this for your own creativity. For the fact that you are a human who thinks abstractly and that you see beyond the mundane. They might say it is a waste of time to recreate walking or of the such. But what do they know? If they knew the value of time, would the world be starving or by now would there not be kinder humans who smile at strangers? Walk with brilliance, it will go wherever you want it to.

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