Fiona,

that's a good point. Although I know nothing about dancing that goes 
beyond the basics I think that motion is a primal constant of the human 
mind because we live in a world of motion and we perceive motion.

But it's difficult to get the "right" conceptof motion.

 From a logical point of view motion creates a difference between two 
states. This is very binary and misses the duration of the motionwhich 
is an enduring difference during the process of perception, although 
motion itself could be regarded as constant. It depends on whether you 
are comparing two states and apply some kind of scale or whether you 
watch the process and regard it as a value of itself.

We all know the thoughts about the first mover. That would be the 
philosophical aspect.

 From the artists points of view we could regard motion as the 
underlying process for a method of reflection i.e. sketching. The mind 
moves towards something through the kind of motion. It allows to reflect 
how things are perceived.

Then we had the discussion about Herb Simon and his definition of 
design. "Design is devising courses of action aimed at changing current 
situations into preferred ones". Some kind of motion I guess altough 
it's a perception process that moves from one position to another.

My personal history with this topic:
I had the hope that motion could give me deeper insights into the 
form/language of how mental models are "written", because motion is 
describeable by maths. Basically motionis a translation process... like 
every other form of art and the aesthetic parts of design.
For me everything is some kind of motion, from the contours of classic 
melodies (which implies motion) to the monotoneous techno beatsto the 
pen strokes of japanese color wood cuts to my sketching experiences to 
malewitchs black square. even two colored squares placed next to each 
other imply some kind of motion through the difference and the scale. 
communication is motion in some way. and you know that you can't not 
communicate.

best wishes

Kai



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