tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post1754121902136172497..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Walking: Curiosity And Discovery (5)The Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-54871670977736468052011-01-05T23:13:06.341+00:002011-01-05T23:13:06.341+00:00Oh yes, that wonderful curiosity that calls one to...Oh yes, that wonderful curiosity that calls one to look round the next turn in the forest path, to see what wonders are in the hidden glade! And the sounds and smells too, all melding in to one another and then suddenly a new sound! Wind or water or a creaking tree. This never cloys.Raph G. Neckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468502742144495020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-69419153946856946952011-01-05T15:22:20.716+00:002011-01-05T15:22:20.716+00:00Thanks George. I agree with you - though it's ...Thanks George. I agree with you - though it's important also to acknowledge the existential difference between human beings and nature (because of human consciousness), and also to respect, indeed be wary of nature, in all its vicious moods!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-90096900155150054082011-01-05T14:46:06.871+00:002011-01-05T14:46:06.871+00:00Another wonderful piece and right on point, Robert...Another wonderful piece and right on point, Robert. Without curiosity, we might as well be stuck like hamsters on the treadmill. I especially love your response to Ruth: "Hurl yourself into the landscape. . . That's the secret." Oh how true this is. Many people seem to retain an atavistic fear of the landscape, as if venturing into the unknown my expose them to unmanageable peril. The landscape, however, has no quality of "otherness." There is no true boundary there; we are an extension of the landscape and it is an extension of us.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-33050095823303180302011-01-05T14:30:00.942+00:002011-01-05T14:30:00.942+00:00Thanks Ruth. Yes, I think those features you descr...Thanks Ruth. Yes, I think those features you describe - the terrain, the content of nature, the position of sun, moon and stars - are ancient mental maps which existed long before the introduction of cartography. Hurl yourself into the landscape, don't look at it through plate-glass windows. That's the secret!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-51129011519150179072011-01-05T14:11:22.361+00:002011-01-05T14:11:22.361+00:00Just beautiful. Your post makes me think that we c...Just beautiful. Your post makes me think that we can't really know a place, without knowing its land and nature. I've been reflecting lately on Michigan, and how I want to look at its terrain and geological characteristics, and explore them that way. Imagine living as humans without the boundaries and borders we've created for maps, and thinking instead in terms of terrain, content of the dirt, flora, fauna.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.com