Movement III: What Do We Say to the God of Death? “Not Today.” All you Game of Thrones fan, remember Arya’s “dancing” instructor, Syrio? There’s only one god, he says. The god of death. His Nietzschean flavor of Buddhism is born of the rough circumstances of his world, where life is cheap and hard. In the vocal world, life is […]
Movement II: The Path Doesn’t Care About You The path is not neatly arranged just for your convenience. Every step is a negotiation with the indifferent earth below you, and a choice made out of a handful of possible options. A downhill grade burns the thighs, an uphill climb tears at the lungs, but that ground beneath you is not […]
Movement I: Introduction For those of you who know me, I’m an avid hiker. I’ve never done anything bigger than a 13er, but I prefer my treks to be strenuous: steep, unrelenting, and full of scrambles. I enjoy a good vista as much as the next person, but it’s not worth my time if I’m not sweating and puffing and […]
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