Water poem (2025)
Twin lakes. To cool off was to submerge myself under water into a different place, my tie-dyed suit too bright for such a sunny day. A different place protected from within, making sunken circles with my body. Convex and concave, a pale algae light and a bright spot to guide me to the beginning again. The push and pull as my arms rotated. Three circles, the biggest being the inside. A place that felt familiar to trust holding my breath as I timed the exhale and inhale, bringing my face to the fluid surface. Yellow orb to mark the point. The strength of contracting my prone body and cycling my appendages as I aligned with own guidance, ”around and around, round”, to open in the center while holding the boundary. Hydrating my core by allowing the power to ready an embrace, for a moment a glowing fish, I belonged as a moving life form encapsulated in a dance. An escape from the world to another one within it, the rocks tucked under the mud made patterns looking different each time. When the curves completed and I could no longer continue, the beat did. Circulating I faced the open sky, we’re here.
Jessica Higgins • SHE/Her • NYC
American artist. Lives and works in New York City. Formative dance studies in her youth at Juilliard and Joffrey. She has direct experiential knowledge of Fluxus, having early formation in that culture by way of the original members and by participation in historic Fluxus events. She is an Intermedia artist, improvisational dancer, performance artist and visual artist. B.A. from SUNY New York. Attended Art Students League and Parsons School of Design.
