“I knew I was getting somewhere when I began losing interest in the beginnings and the ends of things.”
-Sarah Manguso
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“I knew I was getting somewhere when I began losing interest in the beginnings and the ends of things.” -Sarah Manguso
More generally, it’s not beginnings and ends that count, but middles. Things and thoughts advance or grow out from the middle, and that’s where you have to get to work, that’s where everything unfolds.
– Gilles Deleuze, On Leibniz
Taking a walk in the countryside, like listening to a favorite song or meeting friends for an evening of conversation, is thus a good example of what the philosopher Kieran Setiya calls an “atelic activity,” meaning that its value isn’t derived from its telos, or ultimate aim. You shouldn’t be aiming to get a walk “done”; nor are you likely to
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