tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post5350731109791275282..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Walk On!The Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-61809272316927031512015-01-17T22:13:38.643+00:002015-01-17T22:13:38.643+00:00Oh dear. That sounds bad, Wendy! But walking in th...Oh dear. That sounds bad, Wendy! But walking in the imagination is good too.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-82935652818773104752015-01-16T04:28:25.542+00:002015-01-16T04:28:25.542+00:00Ah, sadly I now live in a town that actively makes...Ah, sadly I now live in a town that actively makes me NOT want to walk. Unattractive, too-broad roads with too many cars, uninteresting yards (lawn, lawn, a tree in a lawn)… and here and there parks of lawn with some standard landscaping trees for shade indicate the truth: there isn't even anywhere pretty to have as a goal toward which to walk. <br /><br />Nowhere is there the wildness that can be instilled in the heart in even those relatively domesticated landscapes-done-right by keeping something out of view, having a bend to entice you onward, by creating an environment in which humans can feel immersed and involved - related in beauty. <br /><br />Were I to leave town, the regimented and monotonous fields would not meet this criteria either.<br /><br />The straight path, while perhaps efficient, is a disappointment.<br /><br />I'll have to just walk in my imagination and wait for the times when I can get out of town.Wendyhttp://smyeryu.com/wendy/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-48507587725585371102015-01-15T20:38:13.796+00:002015-01-15T20:38:13.796+00:00George — Ultreia!
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'What attracts me to...George — Ultreia!<br /><br />*****<br /><br />'What attracts me to the song is how the lunacy of trying to fool the self is set aside at some given point. Salvation & the needs of mankind are prominent & hegemony takes a breathing spell.'<br /><br />'If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail.'<br /><br />Good words by Bob about the song 'Lone Pilgrim', Am.<br /><br />There's a time to walk, there's a time to rest and there's a time to dream.<br /><br />*****<br /><br />Thanks for this, Amanda.<br /><br />'I cannot rest from travel: I will drink<br />Life to the lees . . .<br /> . . . Come, my friends,<br />'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.<br />Push off, and sitting well in order smite<br />The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds<br />To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths<br />Of all the western stars, until I die . . .'<br /><br />From TENNYSON's 'Ulysses'The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-54214465562868589942015-01-15T19:13:10.257+00:002015-01-15T19:13:10.257+00:00Love that "Ultreia!"
One can walk on, o...Love that "Ultreia!"<br /><br />One can walk on, or sail on, as Homer notes when Odysseus negotiates the clashing rocks. The idea is to keep moving forward, regardless of the terrain.Amanda Summerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942636545948440422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-50815449369472637282015-01-15T13:25:50.666+00:002015-01-15T13:25:50.666+00:00“But for us the road unfurls itself, we don't ...“But for us the road unfurls itself, we don't stop walking, we know there is far to go. ” <br />― Denise Levertov<br /><br />Reading your post, this came to mind, too:<br /><br />http://youtu.be/fx2qhbPqu8A<br /><br />The tempest may howl and the loud thunder roar<br />And gathering storms may arise<br />But calm is my feeling, at rest is my soul<br />The tears are all wiped from my eyes<br /><br />and then I found this:<br /><br />http://wikidob.com/4523-lone-pilgrim.html<br /><br />Thank you for this post. I have not been walking enough, not even in my dreams. Maybe I have been resting and regaining my strength at an albergue.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-44762950367429280872015-01-15T11:50:33.048+00:002015-01-15T11:50:33.048+00:00Great post, Robert. After all the reading, reflec...Great post, Robert. After all the reading, reflection, and intellectual acrobatics, it may be that the only true wisdom is simply to "walk on." Perhaps that is why pilgrimage has always been a universal attraction.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.com