A ride on a see-saw is a game of weight and balance between two people in gravitational flux. One rider begins by pushing off the ground with their feet. From then on the weight of each body becomes a potential force; a source of energy and momentum. One at a time the riders send each other up into the air and back down to earth, playing their weight in turns along a single beam of wood or metal.
In this video my parents and I take turns at playing our own weight against gravity and being moved by the weight of each other.
© Kate Rowles. 2007
