Things Become Other Things: Walking, Forgiveness, and Belonging in the Mountains of Japan
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Things Become Other Things: Walking, Forgiveness, and Belonging in the Mountains of Japan
I’ve come to crave the solitude and asceticism of these solo walks. There is no quieter place on earth than the third hour of a good long day of walking. It’s alone in this space, this walk-induced hypnosis, that the mind is finally able to receive the strange gifts and charities of the world. If that sounds like woo-woo nonsense, it feels even mor
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