Category Arts Writing
-
PERPETUAL DEPARTURE: A PAEAN TO THE ART OF TRAVEL
July 20, 2013 Arts Writing, Updates
-
The terminal is congested, but I am travelling light: a solitary suitcase scarred with tactile memories of past adventures; an archaic notebook, chrome skin stained with coffee, black keys worn by corrosive blogging; a creased paperback, crisp pages softened by touch, tinted by exposure, faded and fading still. Here, we wait and wield the heaviest burden of all, beyond measure or estimation: nervous, abiding anticipation. ‘Now boarding at Gate 43…’
Why do we travel? How do we account for our movements? In what ways can
Read More