bs2Feb 21, 2023
> 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
Show threadNathan Lowell (he/him) 📎

@bsmall2

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

Feb 21, 2023 at 2:02pmWeb
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.