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Walking allows time for thinking, for the mind to wander as the body wanders, to reflect, to rethink, to appraise. While walking paths that have existed for generations thoughts cannot help but turn towards fantasies of past travellers and, then logically to the future walkers of the path. Walking alone does involve some fear and trepidation when setting out, but it also provides a space to really engage with and notice surroundings, to have a deeper experience within the landscape somehow.
During my BA and MA both dissertations focused on landscape, latterly on a consideration of how landscape is referenced in art/photography to evoke a sense of fear, suspense and uncertainty. The tension between notions of the safe rural idyll and the implied terror of the wild woodland fascinates me; my curiosity leads me to explore these themes in my artistic practice. If you too are interested in these ideas then read Wanderlust, A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit, fascinating and elegantly written.
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