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Sunday, January 22, 2006
I Can See My House From Here
Urban walks in Dublin I did as if I was walking a drawing. Of course to look at me nobody knew what I was doing but, with the remembered route as line, I could see the drawing.
Once in a while I'd hit a problem. Because people don't draw by going back over a line (well they do sometimes - but that's just silly), as I walked I would never retrace my steps. But, dead-ends.
So what do you do when you come to a cul-de-sac? Stop. Rest for an hour. Or more. And always a way forward then made itself available. And you could see the rest of the drawing from that point.
Once in a while I'd hit a problem. Because people don't draw by going back over a line (well they do sometimes - but that's just silly), as I walked I would never retrace my steps. But, dead-ends.
So what do you do when you come to a cul-de-sac? Stop. Rest for an hour. Or more. And always a way forward then made itself available. And you could see the rest of the drawing from that point.
And Here's The Stuff I Wrote Earlier: