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janayawebb's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
So many interesting insights and stories! I would love to read it again and analyze it more. Thought-provoking!
ayegomorrah's review against another edition
4.0
“then I found myself there.”
I feel inspired to go outside, practice frugality, and accept monotony. Philosophical, political, meditative and beautiful. Love the idea that anything more than 5 people is a crowd. To honor my body that takes and holds and pauses and continues. Be present for joy, seize happiness, and let serenity come to you. I like the structure of a medley of philosophical takes on the same subject, fundamentally different from each other but connected by the author’s strong presence and ability to weave it all together.
Cons: the second half delves into a slightly better than thou anti society anti capitalist vibe with the last chapter being unnecessarily depressing and the gaze of the whole book is entirely male. But I’m used to that... I take what I like and apply it to my own adaptation of beauty and the world.
“For solitude can be shared, like bread and daylight.”
“Nature lavishes all its colors on me. On me alone. I’m always receiving pure presence by the ton.”
I feel inspired to go outside, practice frugality, and accept monotony. Philosophical, political, meditative and beautiful. Love the idea that anything more than 5 people is a crowd. To honor my body that takes and holds and pauses and continues. Be present for joy, seize happiness, and let serenity come to you. I like the structure of a medley of philosophical takes on the same subject, fundamentally different from each other but connected by the author’s strong presence and ability to weave it all together.
Cons: the second half delves into a slightly better than thou anti society anti capitalist vibe with the last chapter being unnecessarily depressing and the gaze of the whole book is entirely male. But I’m used to that... I take what I like and apply it to my own adaptation of beauty and the world.
“For solitude can be shared, like bread and daylight.”
“Nature lavishes all its colors on me. On me alone. I’m always receiving pure presence by the ton.”
anouk_adriana's review against another edition
Different expectations and couldnt find a complete pdf so not really worth it to purchase for me
khanyareads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.5
anthonyiv's review against another edition
4.0
walking is as simple as our minds, familiarly drawing ruts in our experience, make it out to be. a repetition, a means towards the multitudes of ends demanded by modern life. we walk to get from one place to another. life is categorized by destinations, milestones, landmarks.
yet - everything happens within the margins. existence is not as regimented or categorical as we make it out to be, obsessive as we are about quantifying, consuming, assigning value and discrete measurement to every aspect of our reality, our being. to walk, to engage in the repetitive, nonproductive act of putting one foot in front of the other, opens us up to a childlike-view of the world if we let it. taking in every part of our environment for as it exists in its absolute form, not simplified by our familiar schemas of naming or value.
yet - everything happens within the margins. existence is not as regimented or categorical as we make it out to be, obsessive as we are about quantifying, consuming, assigning value and discrete measurement to every aspect of our reality, our being. to walk, to engage in the repetitive, nonproductive act of putting one foot in front of the other, opens us up to a childlike-view of the world if we let it. taking in every part of our environment for as it exists in its absolute form, not simplified by our familiar schemas of naming or value.