To walk through the city / is an act of synchronized swimming a stream / of imagery is caught reflected on steel pipes metal / ashtrays with perfectly cylindrical cigarette /-sized holes or the windows of / skyscrapers with dark interiors any / and every


surface surmises your surface In communion / in conjunction with one / another


A stranger is seen / in five parts.

Make a map of how you got here today.

Fire licks the / atmosphere; I / picture a cave a cavernous / space that holds / handprints Early man / made late


We sit / on black cotton cushions set over / plywood slabs in an old converted car / wash A group is asked / to retrace /


We let / the near-past wash over us The / hillside returns / to the valley to the pond or the / crack / on a sidewalk


We cover it / with our left shoe.

Pair up. As you walk, reflect some of the things your partner does and let them reflect some of your actions.

The steps you take transform / you /


Behind / your pocket a muscle / is reengaged with each new / thrust of the body against pavement A / process of resistance /


We must embody / our surroundings Our surroundings / embody us / and


in the reflections / we find a stranger / closer than they first appeared.

Tune in. Trace what you see with a finger. Mirror the structures and architectures around you with your body. Mirror the sounds you hear around you with your voice.

As we walk, try to always only look at the city through reflections in various surfaces, near and far.

The refraction of a straw is disjointed / in a restaurant Where / my reflection rests over / the image of a person / seen through the / glass The window turns / them into an image They are / not here They are also not-not here


Regardless / I am with them /
Not a carbon / copy but a match We are / both drawn to London for one reason / or another.

Become a human camera.

As we walk, look at the city through a mirror.

Use a mirror to / abstract the skyline A doodle of a / distinct


/ city Go inward / go inward inward Who / do you see?

Make a reflection of a place onto a piece of paper. Put it in an envelope and write your address. I will send you those letters in a month’s time.

Take back what has been given / by this place Seek / reflection within the refraction


Form / a line a symbol a / sequence — from it / attend to the stirring / action / do not / name it


It belongs / to you and you and / you and me.

As you walk, add your reflections of the city with a piece of chalk.