“An Eskimo [Inuit] custom offers an angry person release by walking the emotion out of his or her system in a straight line across the landscape; the point at which the anger is conquered is marked with a stick, bearing witness to the strength or length of the rage.”
― Lucy R. Lippard, Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/949212-an-eskimo-custom-offers-an-angry-person-release-by-walking
Picture Source: http://www.economist.com/node/21556805
Need encouragement? Consider these wise conclusions from experienced travelers. Then ponder their words, on foot…
“Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow”. (Henry David Thoreau)
“I have walked myself into my best thoughts.” (Søren Kierkegaard)
“The rhythm of walking generates a kind of rhythm of thinking, and the passage through a landscape echoes or stimulates the passage through a series of thoughts. This creates an odd consonance between internal and external passage, one that suggests that the mind is also a landscape of sorts and that walking is one way to traverse it.” (Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust)
“It is solved by walking.” (St. Augustine)
Picture Source: http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/09/26/photos-of-the-day-sept-26-2011/
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