“On walking: again and again (and again), the significance of the world is derived from tiny details never otherwise noted; this is the stuff from which the world may replenish itself. At the end of a day of walking, the wealth of a single day is past counting. When you walk, there is nothing between the lines; everything is in the most immediate and rabid presence: the fences, the meadows, the birds not yet fledged, the smell of newly chopped wood, the puzzlement of the deer.”
– Werner Herzog, Every Man for Himself and God Against All
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“Walking tends to unravel the knots in my thinking, and I’ll always recommend a leisurely stroll or even a brisk one around the block to alleviate almost any kind of mental stress.”
– Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song
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I can’t think of anything that requires so little investment for so much return than walking.
Like putting in a penny and gaining a pound in return.
All you need are the clothes you are wearing and the nearest available shoes.
No expensive equipment. No special training plans. Absolutely no preparation required.
Sometimes I start a walk all knotted up. And over the course of the walk, the gentle movement, the rhythm, twists and turns unwind the knot and I arrive home straightened out.
Simple. Miraculous. And infinitely repeatable.
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