Published: September 04, 2021
I thought I was writing a book about bodies and control, but sometimes things are so obvious, they’re invisible
Several years ago, when I was quivering at the top of a rock-climbing wall, the instructor called up to me: “You just have to let go and the auto-belay will catch you. Just let yourself fall.” I peered down at the empty space below. Absolutely not, I thought.
I climbed all the way back down, grazing the tips of my fingers on the rough hand holds. The instructor shook his head and grinned. I stomped off, embarrassed. I was never good at falling. What I was good at was holding on. Keeping it together, at any cost. The ease of the fall terrified me. Absolutely not.
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