Status Updates From The Walker: On Losing and F...

„Under capitalism, our bodies are reified, although we are habitually forced to forget this fact. In the ambiguous state of convalescence, however, when we are uncomfortably poised between the health that qualifies us for the production process and the sickness that should disqualify us from it, we are briefly made conscious of the alienation of our physical lives from our mental or spiritual lives.“ (34).

what does it mean to observe but not observe, to exist but not exist? convalescence — i understand yet i don’t, but maybe that’s the whole point

Introduction; the politics and aesthetics of „mindless“ or „distracted“ walking is deeper and complex than i had expected. especially considering the contemporary landscape, with more and more virtual and visual distractions impairing the experience of walking/wandering, identifying the origins/history of the act is crucial in changing ones own habits.

I am getting annoyed about how this book ceases to be about walking

this guy is now only talking about modernity and the metropolis! stick to the (walking) subject!

Devout pedestrian

"the walker" literally me

"No walk, as far as I am concerned, is ever wasted. In contrast, for example, to a car journey. In a city – especially one dominated by cars, by individualistic rather than collective, private rather than public modes of transport – it is walking that habitually makes me feel alive. It makes me feel [...] vitally connected to the city's ceaseless circuits of energy."

I can’t believe I just read multiple pages about the significance of toes in a painting

read the introduction and this book is very different than I expected. could be very interesting or too much for my brain to grasp lol.

slaps - but more complicated than suggested