To live with eyes on the screen is to be attached, stuck in the frame, taking in what is presented to us and re-presented to us again. But representation — even in fine-grained pixilation — is not experience. To experience is to perceive. When we look at a screen, we might see something, but we don’t perceive. To live life through representations is to live passively, to receive rather than to experience. It is also, we fear, to live the life of a follower.
Category Archives: Literature
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for thatContinue reading “The Road Not Taken”
Essay: A step at a time towards appreciating nature
This essay by Canadian, Tian Ren Chu, is a grand articulation of both the importance and joy of walking.
Jack Reacher and Walking
This text comes from “Personal”, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series of novels. General O’day is profiling Reacher to his face with this monologue to try and convince Reacher to help him out with a mission. He said “ You’re in pretty good shape for your age, Reacher. No doubt because your chosen lifestyle gives youContinue reading “Jack Reacher and Walking”
Poem: In Praise of Walking
“There are things we will never see, unless we walk to them. Walking is a mobile form of waiting. What I take with me, what I leave behind, are of less importance than what I discover along the way. To be completely lost is a good thing on a walk.” Thomas. A. Clark Thomas isContinue reading “Poem: In Praise of Walking”
Edward Hirsch, Walking with His Muse
Edward Hirsch is an American Poet. He has published books of poetry and prose about poetry.
Henry Lawson and Walking
Henry Lawson was born in 1867. In this brief examination we look at Henry Lawson’s time in outback NSW in the early 1890’s where he immersed himself in drought conditions for literary ends. He walks with his mate Jim Gordon. Let’s start with Bruce Elder’s piece in the Griffith Review. Now head over to aContinue reading “Henry Lawson and Walking”
Perfect Motion – Jono Lineen
Author Jono Lineen has recently released a new book entitled “Perfect Motion”. Core business for the Order of Walkers. He talks to Hilary Harper on Radio National about his pursuit.
On WALKING and TALKING
I present this essay on walking and talking by E Kaye from the Melbourne Bushwalkers in the 1954 no 5 edition of the “Walk” magazine. We have been walking for a long time, we have been walking for millions of years. We have walked a long way. It took us a long time to walkContinue reading “On WALKING and TALKING”
The Wander Society
Do a keyword search on “the wander society” and your first hit will be the book by Kerri Smith. You will then stumble upon an obscure black and white site. At some point you’ll be watching a vimeo video and for the next few days you’ll be processing what the hell it is you stumbledContinue reading “The Wander Society”
The Order Of Walkers 