10 and 2

      “Upper-arm, arm-pit, elbow-socket, lower-arm, arm-sinews, arm-bones,

Wrist and wrist-joints, hand, palm, knuckles, thumb, fore-finger, finger-balls, finger-joints, finger-nails,

…

The thin red jellies within you, or within me – the bones, and the marrow in the bones,

The exquisite realization of health…”

                        -       from “I Sing the Body Electric” by Walt Whitman

Ever since my car accident this past April, I have bonded with my vehicle in strange ways. While I’m afraid of it more than ever, I also love it more than ever. I have also become hyper-sensitive to the differences between human flesh and machine. In “10 and 2,” the repetition of my hands around the steering wheel emphasizes how much time I spend in my car by restarting my busy schedule every week; the circular movement creates rhythm similar to that of a ticking of a clock, a concept enforced by the beautiful yet mechanical-sounding audio track. Every time we get into our cars, we risk our lives, a thought which paralyzed me for some time after my accident.

But what is living but risking life anyway?

Music: "Jynweythek Ylow" by Aphex Twin