A crash course in changing the world.
LONDON - ZONE 27- 23-MAR-2020
We’re out in the woods tonight, eyes bright and hearts racing. It’s not much of a wood, just a bunch of trees by our residence, choked with abandonned cars and other clutter. It’s perfect for our needs. The music is loud and there’s already a crowd gathered, locals for the most part, but some I don’t recognise. The more the merrier, I say. We find a space on one of the cars and climb on up, feeling the thump of bass through the cold metal. Down on the dance floor, a frantic knot of Techies are making some final adjustments; there are cables everywhere. One of them heads our way and she grins, giving us a thumbs up before disappearing under the front of the car. Lights come on, first our car then a string of others. There’s a whoop from the crowd and the dance floor starts to fill.
We take our turn hauling batteries. The big community ones come first and once they’re re-charged we start in on the others in a strict order of need. The music is very loud close to the dancing, but the movement of all those bodies is doing the trick. The cars are no use for driving, who can afford the fuel these days? but they’re perfect for recharging these big old batteries – you just need to rig your dance floor right, then hook em up. You need a good beat too of course, and lots of willing dancers, but that really isn’t a problem round here.
A new moon is due tomorrow and the night is getting chilly, but we dance on, fuelled by a sense of purpose and a glow of community spirit. Tomorrow we’ll be back to facing the hardships of our new reality, but tonight belongs to the dance.
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