![]() I like the fact she gently posits things she finds interesting. As she puts it, Wanderlust is “an idiosyncratic path traced … by one walker, with much doubling back and looking around”. The gist you need to know about: Wanderlust is a series of essays that esoterically explores random walking themes that take Solnit’s fancy. I found the book in the clinic “library”. Nicely, I read it during my clinic stay in India, which prescribed no movement apart from a little gentle walking. US-based writer Rebecca Solnit touches on these themes in her dense and often feminist treatise on the purposeful stroll. ![]() Hand-writing (journal writing) does the same. Walking brings us back to a dignified, even, expansive space. So much in life works too fast for discerning reflection. Walking works to the same pace as reflection, thus the former ekes out the latter. ![]() Wanderlust: A History of Walking, by Rebecca Solnitīackground to why I read this book: Walking and reflection sustain me through my angst and anxiety. Hence today’s review of What I’ve Just Finished Reading. I gravitate to reads about walking. Especially those that extrapolate the connection between mindful reflection and walking. ![]()
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