¿SALIMOS A PASEAR? Pulsa aquí
SORTIM A PASSEJAR? Prem aqui
Where does it start?
Muscles tense.
One leg a pillar, holding the body upright between the earth and sky.
The other a pendulum, swinging from behind.
Muscles tense.
One leg a pillar, holding the body upright between the earth and sky.
The other a pendulum, swinging from behind.
Heel touches down.
The whole weight of the body rolls forward onto the ball of the foot.
The big toe pushes off, and the delicately balanced weight of the body shifts again.
The whole weight of the body rolls forward onto the ball of the foot.
The big toe pushes off, and the delicately balanced weight of the body shifts again.
The legs reverse position.
It starts with a step,
and then another step,
and then another that add up like taps on a drum to a rhythm the rhythm of walking.
The most obvious and most obscure thing in the world,
this walking that wanders so readily into the unknown,
to memories,
listen in,
demonstrations,
to togetherness.
Poem based on the text Wanderlust: A history of walking, by Rebecca Solnit