The Ambling Mind
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The Ambling Mind
“I try to go for a walk every day and just let my mind kind of sort things out…. I don’t think our full conscious control of our thoughts is necessarily our most productive way of thinking. I think loose patterns of association can lead to unique insight.”
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
J’en étais persuadé : le mouvement encourage la méditation. La preuve : les voyageurs ont toujours davantage d’idées au retour qu’au départ. Ils les ont saisies, chemin faisant. Leurs amis en font d’ailleurs les frais, cela s’appelle les récits de voyage. La loi de la thermodynamique s’appliquerait donc au déplacement. Quand on se « branle » (selon
... See moreSylvain Tesson • Berezina (French Edition)
The vital thing to understand- and the point that I want to stress the most- is that walking is not an activity. Or rather, it should not be conceptualised as and reduced to being a mere activity. It is much more than that because it is much less than that. Walking is one of the great forms of inactivity and in a world of striving and consumerism a... See more
Thomas J Bevan • Walking as Inactivity
So much in our lives is fast-paced. Walking is a slow undertaking. It is among the most radical things you can do.