Sublime

Pour l’heure, dans ces alentours, la majeure partie de la contrée n’est pas propriété privée ; le paysage n’appartient à personne, et le marcheur jouit d’une liberté relative. Mais sans doute un jour viendra où il sera cloisonné en soi-disant terrains d’agrément, dans lesquels seuls quelques-uns goûteront un plaisir restreint et exclusif – quand se

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The phenomena of the ‘desire path’ is related to all of this. A desire path describes a path that is revealed from erosion by human foot traffic. They usually appear because constructed paths are not the most effective to get to one’s destination, and sometimes going “off the beaten path” becomes the best path.

Desire Infrastructure

I'm playing on the term "desire paths" here, the paths that show up where people actually want to walk, not just where the planners of sidewalks and roads want them to walk.