Gravity grounds us in the world. But what happens when art invites us to imagine otherwise? Since the early 20th century, numerous artists have harnessed and subverted gravitational force—dropping, dripping, and pouring to produce their work. Though deceptively simple, this act—of releasing materials in the air—is in fact a dynamic creative gesture. The artworks it yields have the potential to imaginatively upend our bearings, reconfiguring our sense of place in both embodied and metaphoric ways. Join Miriam Ashkin Stanton, the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman–Joan Whitney Payson Fellow, Academic Affairs and Outreach, for a discussion of these ever-shifting coordinates in works by artists such as Helen Frankenthaler and Jackson Pollock.