On the 30 June, Stella Assange and her two children were granted a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Assange, in absentia, walks the Camino in his cell, writing thedistances on his wall between locations on the pilgrimage. Source: Exclusive interview: Stella Assange on her husband, faith and meeting Pope Francis – Catholic
I don’t walk as much (or as quickly) as I have for most of my life. Still, Wendy and I take a walk every day, weather and other circumstances permitting. I treasure these times. But I also like to read about walking. Source: The Pleasure of Walking | John Wilson | First Things
The UK’s paths and holloways should be protected for their environmental appeal and historic worth – but they also need to be maintained by using them Source: Footpaths to the past: ‘We must keep our ancient tracks alive by walking them’ | Walking holidays | The Guardian
Shinya Ide and Shion Ito walk alpacas Akane and Satsuki in the early morning in Tokyo. The couple operate an indoor petting zoo, Alpaca Land. The woolly natives of South America spend time with visitors who pay 1,000 yen for 30 minutes petting them, hugging them and burying faces in their… Source: Walking their alpacas
The Heights CDC commissioned artist Colin Kidder to create an art installation honoring Memphians killed walking in 2020.
Source: Public art project draws attention to growing number of pedestrian deaths | localmemphis.com
driftsinging
Drawing with (vocal) sound in response to place while passing through place. Driftsinging borrows from the Situationist Drift, and Baudelaire’s flâneur. Driftsinging also relates to the process of ‘sounding,’ the sonic measuring of distance and depth that locates position in place and ‘echo location’, the examination of place through sonic reflection and refraction, resonance and echo.
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