Children Of The Stone

Directed, Filmed and Edited by Katie Burdon

Sound Design by Paul Koutselos

Performance by Alannah Taylor

Bodmin Moor is part of Cornubian Batholith, a large mass of granite rock formed roughly 280 million years ago. Walking across this moorland is a very mystical experience, time sort of dissolves as your body breathes in the lost history folded into the land. The landscape itself is wild, abstract and fierce - big jagged rocks obstructing out of rolling hills, wind tapered trees whispering Celtic myths and legends, miles and miles of bleak appearing landscape that screams history through its many stone circles, mining shafts and quarries. I often feel that when I am there past, present and future merge into this new (true?) rhythm of life. So often we do not experience this because we are obstructed with clock time, work time, city time - a complete over-analysis and obsession with a quasi rational sense of time?This personal film celebrates this piece of land, how it heals my mind and body, how it grounds me and lifts me all at once and most importantly how it plugs me back into life’s true rhythm. To carry out this vision I worked with my best-friend and dancer Allanah Taylor - my sister and soulmate. Being with her gives me the same feeling of grounding that I experience on these moorlands, this ‘true time’. Her connection to nature, and her own mind and body is astounding, infectious and generous, liquid gold and humble. Absolutely no ego, and that’s what it takes to connect with nature, a complete evanesce of the ego. Our love for each other is undeniable, vast and completely unconditional - our friendship is truly one of the reasons why I walk this earth. I don’t, and couldn’t think of my heritage and my home without thinking of her - they are intrinsically tied