# He Fa on Giant Shoes

The right to occupy ground

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The images and texts were developed collaboratively by He Fa and AI. The first-person voice belongs to an experiment in character; costume, posture and props are used to develop creative arguments, not as quotations from or summaries of the thought of the figures referenced.

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I have left exaggeration to the shoes. Two soft toes, orange and purple, spread sideways, making the body in purple seem orderly by comparison. Interlocking blocks on my head pull the outline up, while my feet pull it outwards. Looking only at the face, you might think He Fa was about to pass quietly through a crowd. Look down, and that quietness turns out to need a much wider path than other people’s.

Shoes normally help feet adapt to the ground. This outfit makes the ground start adapting to the shoes. I borrow the shoemaker’s work of fitting small components, then enlarge fit into a spatial question: shoes that do not pinch my feet may still collide with someone beside me. If comfort concerns only oneself, size easily becomes an unspoken right of priority.

The block hat gives the giant shoes no better direction. Its high colours are conspicuous, and orange gloves make gestures visible, but visibility does not make passage possible. I can carefully choose where to put the next step, or rely on the outfit’s charm and wait for others to move aside. Both may look equally funny in a photograph; the actual difference is who clears the path.

I am not therefore proposing shoes of one uniform size. Different bodies need different support, and the smallest footprint is not necessarily the fairest. What matters is making extra occupation a negotiable fact, rather than hiding it in “I’m only walking”. My feet are more expressive than my face: they unfold a seemingly natural action into a demand on surrounding positions.

For now the two soft shoes rest firmly apart, and the blocks have not fallen. Before continuing, I would notice the little patch of ground beyond the toes. I do not wear it on my body, yet it matters to whether I can walk considerately.