Sublime

Was Elend here somewhere amid the ball-goers?

our daily constitutional:

You walk to have done with it all and purge yourself: to have done with the world’s clamour, the accumulation of tasks, the wear and tear. And there’s nothing better for forgetting, for not being here anymore, than the great boredom of the roads, the limitless monotony of forest paths. Walk, cut yourself off, depart, leave. When you really walk, fa

The ticket hall was teeming, there were wide walkers everywhere, the name he gave to people who wade rather than walk, or have bags on either side of them, or have some other kind of inconsiderately expansive gait.

But walking and movement also constitute the basis for exploration, and exploration is the basis for our intellect.’

• Paths and signposts


• A general suspicion of loiterers


• Maps


• Our tendency to pick a destination


• Our habit of walking in straight lines


• Property ownership and people's attachment to the idea of privacy


• Our desire not to draw too much attention to ourselves


• How our parents walked


• What kind of shoes we're wearing


• Our observation o