The Ambling Mind
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The Ambling Mind
Walking lets you read the world — and much like the slow, contemplative mental processes involved in reading a book, the pace with which one moves through the world while walking allows for a different, deliberative kind of seeing . You notice more. You think more.
"The World Reveals Itself to Those Who Walk"
Getting out in the fresh air, experiencing the world at another species' pace, and walking in companionable silence are healthy activities, but not automatically creative ones. I need to have just been working, to still have a problem echoing in my mind, in order to have a moment of insight.
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang • Rest in the World: My Morning Routine (Updated Edition)
