Most of my essays start on a walk that wasn't going anywhere. I leave the house, turn left or right depending on the wind, and keep going until something catches. The rule is simple: no headphones, a notebook in the left pocket, and no plan for where to stop. Rebecca Solnit says walking is the state in which the mind, the body and the world are aligned. I'd add that it is also the state in which the notebook fills up.
No headphones, a notebook in the left pocket, and no plan for where to stop.
Note 1
Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking (2000).
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