Animator's Paradox: The Options

This page is part of the BA Thesis "The Animator's Paradox" by Lukas Wind (2022)

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The variety of resting postures

As far as science goes it is a very good idea to switch between sitting and standing and to do so often. An even better idea is to change the way we sit and to change the way we think about sitting. When we think sitting, most of us think to sit on a chair-like furniture. But sitting involves much more. Anthropologist Gordon Hewes studied and collected human resting postures from all over the world:

Human resting postures by Gordon Hewes¹

That’s 48 different postures (plus some) out of the box to change our sitting habit. As a rule of thumb, prolonged anything is very likely to cause damage in the long term which is why we need to move. But because it is not always practical to move while working at specific tasks we can at least change our resting posture frequently. And while we switch between sitting and standing, why not add laying on the floor to our repertoire? Creativity is a key factor but also we need to create the opportunities for our bodies to move freely.

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Sources

¹ World distribution of postural habit, Gordon Hewes from https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/aa.1955.57.2.02a00040