Month: September 2023
Walk 136
Gathering WalkCollecting materials, images, ideas, perceptions...sitting in the bowl-shaped valley over the first hill beyond the hot water swamp where the spring first emerges from the ground, trying to connect to the ground, the hills, forest, grasses, sky, water, the creatures and stories that live here.Location: Boulder, MontanaLength: 5 kmCompanions: NoneDate: 30 September, 2023 [...]
meditative walking + photography
My still photography, which is made whilst walking with the standard poodles in the local bushland, has been changing. It has changed from photography as a way of objectifying and distancing us from the world towards an understanding that the practic...
Colombian activists try to shame city government into fixing broken sidewalks — by painting them pink | The World from PRX
In Colombia’s capital city Bogotá, pedestrians need to watch out for loose slabs of pavement they can trip over, or wobbly tiles that get their feet wet or splash dirty water on their pants. But some activists have started trying to shame the city into making repairs more quickly by covering the broken spots with
Polish women pave all the sidewalks in their village, as council failed to do it | TheMayor.EU
A Polish rural housewives’ club in the village of Romaszki took the initiative to pave all the sidewalks and footpaths with stone bricks even though they initially did not have the skills to do it. Source: Polish women pave all the sidewalks in their village, as council failed to do it | TheMayor.EU
October 2023 First Sunday Slight Detour – its on a Wednesday
Dear friends, lovers and loiterers It’s First Sunday, this Sunday, and so time for another wonderful wander together… except not quite. Occasionally we do indulge in a little time slippage, and a few folk have been asking for an evening derive or a...
Interview with Andy Howlett of “Walkspace”
As part of the run up to the hardcover release of my book, Walking as Artistic Practice (softcover comes out in April!), I’m going to be publishing some brief interviews with the various artists, authors, researchers, creatives, collectives, and platforms whose art practice, written material, or other works I cite and mention. My sixth interview […]
Peter Hutchinson, Foraging (1970)
Basically it is an account in photographs and text (there was also a film) of a six-day backpacking hike through the Snowmass Wilderness of Colorado. The expedition became for him “one of those short times that subjectively is greater than a lifetime.” He accounts of the trip in Art in America in 1972, and later […]
Walking A/way with the prizes…
At the Sound Walk Stories Sunday showcase event of new writing, at which the shortlisted poems and stories from our 2023 Walking A/way themed writing competition, were read by their inspiring authors, we learnt which of them walked away with the prizes.
From art to ice cream: a Yelp Elite’s journey along the Atlanta Beltline | Yelp – Official Blog
Atlanta is known for many different things. Whether you come for the film industry, music connections, or the abundance of brunch options, one thing is for sure: Atlanta will blow your mind! To the nearly half million of us who call Atlanta home, we sometimes shy away from the social trending elements of the city.
