Category Arts Writing

PERPETUAL DEPARTURE: A PAEAN TO THE ART OF TRAVEL

July 20, 2013 Arts WritingUpdates

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

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