Hard, dense, strong bone nested in space. Squishy space. The space contains tissues that move the bones and change the shape of the space, but between and inside the tissues there is also space. It has always seemed that without my muscles to move the bones I would not be mobile, but in truth it is without space that I would have no mobility.

Yield and Push. What is the mind of push? Push integrates into the self. Push is powerful. Push resists. Push grips. Muscle tonus embodies the mind of push. What about yield? Yield releases. Yield separates what push integrates. Yield prepares. Yield creates space. Space embodies the mind of Yield. Its clear then, which “mind” affords greater mobility. I need space to move into in order to move. Yield prepares space. Space prepares the body for mobility. Space allows me to be mobile.

The bones float in space. They barely touch. Kissing each other as they drift with the intentions of the nervous system that moves muscle. Buffered by space and tissue.

Text: Julia Moser-Hardy, Image: Kelsey Daly St. Olaf College ’14.