Play.ht - February 21 Flup

The speaker introduces a warm-up exercise involving thumb movements. Then, they instruct the listener to point their finger at something or someone and switch it to a thumbs up. They mention the circular path designed by Luc Deleux in the park and how it often goes unnoticed. The speaker encourages the listener to give a thumbs up to Luc Deleux. They mention that the audio walk takes place in a city park with artworks and express gratitude for the listener's presence. They encourage giving thumbs up to the curators, the Middelheim Museum board, and the city of Antwerp. The speaker concludes by acknowledging the positive impact the listener has made. Hey, hello, I hope you're enjoying the tour. Flap here. I'm the type of person who needs some time to get into the zone. So I have developed a simple but very effective exercise to help me out. My co-workers, two of you, and Ariadna thought that my thumbs dance is perfect to get us started. As you continue walking, I'd like to explain what we're going to do next. I will ask you to put your hands in your pockets. If you don't have pockets, just pretend you do. Now just take your thumbs out. So your thumbs come to peek outside of your pockets. The rest of your hands are inside your pockets. The thumbs dance goes like this. Lift your left thumb. Keep it up. Now lift your right thumb. Keep it up. Now lower both thumbs. Good. Once more. Lift your left thumb. Lift your right thumb. Lower both thumbs. A little faster now. Left thumb up. Right thumb up. Both thumbs down. Both thumbs up. Both thumbs down. And relax. Cool. We are a bit warmed up, I think. Now we will get a bit more interactive. You will point your index finger at something or someone. And then with your arm still stretched out, you will immediately switch your pointed index finger for a thumbs up in the same direction. There we go. Point your finger at someone or something and now switch your index finger for a thumbs up. And relax. We repeat. Point your finger at someone or something and now switch your index finger for a thumbs up. Don't forget to really stretch your arm. Point your finger and now switch your index finger for a thumbs up. That's it. This is looking good already. We will do this once more. This time we are going to point our finger at the ground. Yes, you heard that correctly. We are going to give the thumbs up to the ground. Artist and architect Luc Deleux designed the circular you are walking on in 2005. The path is meant to connect the new parts of the park with the old parts. Seen from the air, it forms a perfect circle. Have you noticed it at all? Don't worry if you haven't. The truth is that most visitors don't even notice it. People walk along this path, going from one part of the park to the other without knowing that some clever guy had thought of it. Deleux probably knew that his path would go unnoticed by the vast majority of people, but he didn't bother. Of course, he didn't know that 19 years later, three artists would use his path as a park course. I will count to three. On the three, we give thumbs up to Luc Deleux. One, two, three. Thumbs up for Luc. A walk in the park takes you around this circle two or three times, depending on how fast you walk. While listening to this audio walk, you will be walking through some beautiful city park. You will see some great artworks on your way. You might cross some other art lovers. And you can make a bunch of people happy. Yes, that's right. I'm so happy to have you. Deleux and Ariadne are very happy too. And you know who else is glad you came. The curators of this exhibition are also very happy to have you here. Your presence gives meaning to their work. And I am sure they would love a thumbs up too. So there we go. One, two, three thumbs up for the curators. The board of the Middelheim Museum is also very glad you came. And the city of Antwerp. Think of them. Lots of happy faces there too. Shall we give some thumbs up for them all? Second one too. Three thumbs up for the board of the Middelheims. Last one. One, two, three thumbs up for the city of Antwerp. I have already seen a lot of things happen. And you've already made a lot of people's day. Doesn't that feel good? Well, well done.