Time continuum: o yes, agree most emphatically. That's one benefit of having
studied classics for me - gives you that longer perspective, Lucretius
theorising atoms etc.
I really like everything that Billy says in his post. The point about
walking and driving really resonates for me. Here's my transport autobiog:
0-31: walking/public transport
32-40: driving
since 1.1.00: walking/public transport
Walking in cities has always been a big part of my own work and indeed
practice. I'm into the idea of walking as a species of meditation. Some of
artists I really admire like Cornell and O'Hara were big city walkers too.
Not that I'm comparing myself to them but I can see how walking is a
particular way of behaving in the world. More and more, I'm getting round to
thinking about poetry and individual poems as a type of mapping and I think
walking is mapping too. And we could start getting into talking about
prehistoric trackways and stuff - but perhaps we shouldn't!!
And I'm sure it's been said before but you do miss an awful lot when you're
driving.
Cheers
David
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