Just Walking

A Holdom

Taking myself for a walk to work and what thoughts and feelings I have on the way.

Further Info

This story was made over five days at Access Creativity Theatre Arts (ACTA) in Bedminster, Bristol, to celebrate the organisation’s 21st birthday. Participants were ACTA workers.

It was led by Clodagh Miskelly, Eileen Haste and Paddy Uglow on a theme of “21 years of acta” and was supported by Bristol’s Museums, Galleries & Archives.

Transcript

[the sound of footsteps on a street play throughout]

Just walking. It’s like coming to the surface – coming up from the depths. An odd time, half asleep, full of dreams. Slowly coming to.

Just walking. Seeing what’s going on around you.

A car goes past. Odd things catch my eyes: a dandelion growing through the concrete, leaves on the pavement, reflections on a car. Seeing things for the first time. Things I would not normally see.

Someone is leaving their house. I wonder if they see the same things? Have the same quiet thoughts? Just walking.

Someone shouts. I wonder what’s going on – what real-life drama is being carried out? A thriller? A tragedy?

I think about the day ahead, of the people I will be spending time with. The things we’ve done, the things we’re going to do.

Just walking, and thinking, and remembering.

Just walking.

Credits

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