Sand

I have strong experiences → in the Mediterranean, particularly in (France). I am a very good floater. When you are floating, the sand on the bottom of the sea is moving with the waves. I always could sense the sand on my spine.

When I can sense the sand moving on my spine, its like my bones + the sand are made out of the same material. I can imagine the spine as being hollow + the sand going up and down my spine.

During my childhood, the sea was a primordial dream and playground. Then when I was around 12, I started going there on my own to engage in artistic activities like sculpting the sand and driftwood into huge land art works well before I knew such art existed. Like Spiral Jetty (by Robert Smithson), I made large sand constructions on the beach that would quickly be transformed and destroyed by the daily tide water.

The first experimental films I made were made on the beach in my early teens with my parents Super 8 equipment. One film depicted a friend coming out of the sea dressed in a bed sheet as a toga and reading a book. Later on, I filmed a pig's head being thrown towards the sea off a high cliff. I also would film the sand and driftwood constructions that I made on the beach. These rather crude filmic efforts were, in a sense, a sort of mythic homage to the sea and the stories that surrounded it.

If you're two, the second person stands close to the first, without blocking their movement. Take some sand in your hand and carefully sprinkle it on the person's hands and feet, making a circle around their body. You can take your time for this. Once in a while, take a break from the sand to play the sound of the foghorn, as in the recording above.

Take some sand and mix it with a bit of water until it becomes muddy, but not too watery. Place some wet sand on the side the other person's neck, or any other body part that you choose together. Blow softly on the sand until it's dry. The sensation of the sand on the neck is very similar to that of salt on skin after the water has dried.

Position yourself in front of a table.
Pour some sand on its surface.
Place your palms on the table surface.
Slowly start moving your hands in circles, moving the sand with you.
Focus on the sound this movement produces.
Try summoning the sound of a wave: start silently, building up to a loud turn (or visa versa).
Repeat as often as you want, adding variations to the hand movements, rhythm and sound qualities.