What do you think about when you walk?
Walking is an activity we do without thinking about it. After so many years of practice walking everywhere on the two sticks we call legs, we have internalized the act and the mind can walk freely.
I love walking. I walk whenever I can, sometimes I demand more from my body than I should, perhaps because walking gives me more time to think or not to think. It’s not like driving a car or riding a bike, I can’t go so fast from one place to another when I walk and it reminds me of my smallness, it reminds me of the immensity of the mountains and allows me to absorb the world, to stay with it for a little while longer.
Many times when I walk I find myself thinking about what I have to do, what I am going to eat, repeating some experience, planning an important discussion, and in other rare, special moments, I manage to concentrate on what I am seeing, I leave behind those thoughts which I think are very important and I go to the trunk of a tree, to a shadow with a particular shape, to the hat of some gentleman that suggests another time, to a color of the sky between blue and pink, to the magic of life and of each day. Ready to catch the next poem?
What do you think about when you walk? Do grandiose ideas come to your mind? Memories? Observations? Leave a comment! 🙂
My Week on Senses
What have I been up to this week? A description of what my senses have felt!
👂Am I the only one with almost 30 listening to video game music? Please join me with this Animal Crossing Cozy Antique café playlist, perfect for working or chilling
👀 Summer Camp Island, one of my favorite cartoons got nominated for a Peabody Award! Peabody awards great storytelling and oh dear, if you don’t know Summer Camp Island, please do so! It warms hearts.
👅Polenta with Porcini, a typical Ticinese dish. It was fantastic. I ate in the Grotto del Cavicc, if you ever found yourself in Tessin, please go there! Grottos are rustical restaurants and this one is in the middle of the forest ❤ great places to enjoy regional cuisine, wine, and nature!
👐 My hands have been all over my camera, in a good sense! Just want to keep these memories for longer
👃 the scent of spring invading the lakes and mountains of Switzerland
Again, thank you so so much for reading and your support.
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Tina Ovalle 
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