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• April 5th, 2005

What you’ll need:
A white board or a chalk board or a wall with paper taped on it and a marker. Tape measure or string.

Exercise:
Stand with your feet together -
What is the longest, straightest line you can make with your right hand without removing your feet from the floor?

What is the longest longest, straightest line you can make with your left hand without removing your feet from the floor?

Stand with your feet hip distance, repeat.
Stand with your feet 2-3 feet apart, repeat.

Options:
- You can place sticky notes on the wall at your far points if you absolutely can’t find anything large enough to draw on.
- Alternately you can use a video camera and tape a transparent sheet on the surface of the screen and trace your movement.
- How do you think each these alternatives would change your result?

Questions:
- How much further can you go if you allow one foot to lift a little on either side?
- What happens when you try to do the same thing with just rotating your elbow? Just moving your wrist?
- What happens if you change the paper and try to do it again? is your mark the same? What would you need to do to make the mark identical every time?

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