Menagerie Wilderness in the morning.
Bookstore in the afternoon.
Camping in the evening.
Menagerie Wilderness in the morning.
Bookstore in the afternoon.
Camping in the evening.
A winter road in the PNW.
I run, no matter the weather. Snow crunches beneath me, and my breath rises in steady clouds that hover in my face. The cold doesn’t deter me; it sharpens. Each mile carves space in my mind, like footprints marking the path forward.
The afternoon arrives slowly, settling like snowfall or deep rain. A hot cup of tea in hand, I watch the world outside shift from day to dusk. Sunday, in all its simple rituals, feels like enough.
New snow. Blue hour. Vibrant feelings.
“Run regularly. Not too fast. Mostly trails. ”
heading outside to play
Target a horizon point and run to it. However long it takes.
Out from my archives and into the world as is. I’ll dispel the myth: its sunlight coming through a window.
After a long run followed by a long airplane ride while listening to Rick Rubin, he said that joy-awe-elation are the metrics for forward motion on an idea or project. Works for me, in a data-driven culture.
What is an image?
“…the ability to stay in motion, to be pulled by something, to follow it, and stay behind it…”
-Lynda Barry, What It Is
Trail “rike” (run-hike) fueled by day packs. 2024.
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