Show walks should be aimless peripatetic expert says A wa walk ak should never have an objective jec tive if you have it firmly fixed in in your mind at the outset of your walk that you are on your way to cousin ellas elias or that you are goins going to get a pound of raisins the awareness of this objective will gnaw constantly at your like a maggot in a walnut it will tinge your sensibilities and irritate your psyche do not therefore have an objective just go for a walk the taking of a walk must never be a pre premeditated meditated ritual it must not be an event that is planned in like a bridge party or an application tor for a bank loan but must be as spontaneous as a su sudden d den smile one of these days while you are quietly s ting reading or doing t the housework or tidying the cellar or whatever the notion will s suddenly benl enl and anat unaccountably flit across yo your consciousness that it would d b be pleasant lea to take a walk you must act upon this notion instantly do not attempt to think up reasons or pretexts or objective objects V Ps for the walk just open the door and go out |