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> William Wordsworth—whose poetry is filled with tramps up mountains, through forests, and along public roads—walked as many as a hundred and eighty thousand miles in his lifetime, which comes to an average of six and a half miles a day starting from age five.
> What is it about #walking, in particular, that makes it so amenable to #thinking and #writing?
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/walking-helps-us-think
#FerrisJabr mentions #Wordsworth like #GrahamWallas did in The #ArtOfThought
Why Walking Helps Us Think

Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.

The New Yorker
Feb 21, 2023 at 12:49pmWeb
Show threadbs2Feb 22, 2023
> Psychologists who specialize in exercise music have quantified.. [that] listening to songs with high tempos motivates us to run faster, and the swifter we move, the quicker we prefer our music. Likewise, when drivers hear loud, fast music, they unconsciously step a bit harder on the gas pedal. Walking at our own pace creates an unadulterated feedback loop between the rhythm of our bodies and our mental state that we cannot experience as easily.. during any other.. locomotion.
#PHacking?
Show threadNathan Lowell (he/him) 📎Feb 21, 2023

@bsmall2

I've *really* missed my morning walk and looking forward to starting up again when I've got my strength back.

Show threadbs2Feb 22, 2023
@nlowell I hope you feel up to it soon. I should walk more. After racing around to work and other things on a bicycle, and caring for chickens walks just don't get into my schedule. On a day off a few weeks ago I went for a long walk around the neighbourhood. It got me to see how different biking is from walking. A few hours' walk had my shins sore for day in spite biking over 30 minutes almost every weekday. I bike so often I think it has the same sort mutual influence on my thinking though.