Going tramping is at first an act of rebellion, writes Graham. “Only afterwards do you get free from rebelliousness as Nature sweetens your mind.” Graham says, “you leave your back door and make for the distant hills.” It’s the natural follow-up to walking in freedom. The walker/artist must rebel against the norm or expected. Take […]
According to Graham, when you make walking an art, “you get into an air that is refreshing and free. You liberate yourself from the tacit assumptions of your everyday life.” I’m guessing it is not an accident that most artists are libertarians (and I’m not talking about politics). I mean artists tend to be free […]
Stephen Graham called it “The Gentle Art of Tramping.” “It is a gentle art; know how to tramp and you know how to live.” I am intrigued by the idea of walking as art and the walker as an artist. When I view great works of art, be they paintings or symphonies or novels, I […]