Dear Andrew and All,
I'd love to contribute and red all the emails but I am very busy right now. I am on my emails a lot at the moment waiting for replies etc and this thread is filling up my inbox everyday making my office work harder.
There might be other people here who can't or don't wish to contribute to this thread. Since the conversation is so popular I was wondering if there is a way in which this particular thread could move to a separate platform/group/page: i.e a facebook group or chat or a shared google doc(probably best) and you could then share the link on one email. I imagine it would also make collecting the words more efficient as it would be all in one place/doc, and all words/contributions would be all visible to new contributors.
I hope you understand and can consider this
Thanks for your support
All the best
Vanessa
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On Monday, 28 January 2019, 18:46:40 GMT, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I’m loving Library of Ice right now as well! Synchronicities.
In terms of negotiating ice underfoot, here in Quebec the Anglos don’t have the same lovely language as the Newfounders (hi, Marlene!!). We certainly shuffle. Another s word! We take small sliding steps, weight forward, no heel planting but full foot down. We think of it as a penguin walk (somthing you can visualize) — and are often attired in puffy warm dark clothing reminiscent of said sweet creatures. :)
Life does feel “slippy” underfoot these days.
We also wear crampons on boots, spiky metal cleats that affix via stretchy rubber-type bands. I don’t think there’s a noun for cramponing, but a friend did post on FB last week that so many Montrealers were wearing crampons that in on the tiled floors of the subway stations we sounded like a giant troupe of tap dancers. Oh would it were so! This idea lifts my heart. But maybe we won’t move from walking to dancing….?
Stay vertical (or if not, stay safe!)
Kathleen
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On Jan 28, 2019, at 1:32 PM, Ruth <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Am really enjoying all the words and thought of you all whilst reading Nancy Campbell’s ‘The Library of Ice’ at the weekend. The following few lines from the book might be of interest to some of you: “Icelandic culture is infused with stories of travel. When names were needed for modern machines, the technology that enables our imaginations to travel, words were chosen that centred on the quality of roaming. Thus the neologism for laptop is fartölva, formed from the verb far, meaning to migrate, and tölva – migrating computer’; its companion, the external hard drive, is a flakkari. The latter word can also mean ‘wanderer’ or ‘vagrant’. In the end it’s the wanderers we rely on.” Nancy Campbell ‘The Library of Ice’ (Scribner UK, 2018: page 232) www.nancycampbell.co.uk All the bestRuth www.ruthbroadbent.comTwitter @Ruth_HBroadbent From: Walking Artists Network <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Museum Of Walking <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Friday, 25 January 2019 at 09:36
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Subject: Dictionary/Glossary of Walking Art
Happy Friday! Can we walking artists pull together a dictionary or glossary of walking art? I’m guessing that those with PhDs on the topic may already have such a thing and can give us a springboard for a starter. Happy to collate off list although I think interactions across the list will be a worthy catalyst and memory jogger Definitions limited to 200 characters so we could Tweet them at some point to broaden interest in walking art Also looking for expressions/idioms etc linked to walking e.g. down at heel I’m trying out ‘shuffle’ as my word eg ‘Largactyl shuffle’ a walk to raise awareness of mental health issues Looking forward to my inbox filling up Best Andrew
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