The Philosophy of Walking
by Frederic Gros
Gross states that walking brings us three levels of freedom.
Even a short stroll brings "suspensive freedom" - "throwing off the burden of cares, forgetting business for a time." You are "alienated from speed." This is a temporary release, we return to our initial condition.
The second freedom is more "aggressive and rebellious." It's the freedom of an extended road trip. Kerouac and Snyder "on the road," reassessing civilization and its contents to some degree from the outside.
The third level is the freedom of renunciation. This is the freedom of permanent drop out, the tramp, the wandering monk. As Gros is a publishing academic from some French University, I assume he is talking about level three from a theoretical distance.
:)
I'm just sayin'....
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