When the Currents Overwhelm

TOPO:
And if the river grows too wide,
too fast—
what happens to the weave?

RHEO:
Then the currents can overwhelm the structure.
Some threads break,
some patterns vanish,
and new turbulence forms.

TOPO:
So too much change can be destructive?

RHEO:
Destructive, yes—but also generative.
From rupture comes the possibility
of entirely new alignments.

TOPO:
But not everyone survives the storm.

RHEO:
No.
Some dancers stumble, some steps are lost.
Yet the dance continues,
shifted, transformed, renewed.

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RHEO & TOPO:
When currents overwhelm,
the collective does not end—
it becomes something else.