![]() ![]() The productions that follow from these experiences - a conversation in a bar, a procession, a conspiracy, a plan, a map, an organisation, a gesture - are what mythogeography is. By the particular focuses and the angles of trajectory we choose, we make an interpretation of our world, and from our impressions we begin to re-make its meanings. You can do it.By setting ourselves in motion through a world of images we make ourselves human movie cameras or camera phones - both interpreters and producers. ![]() ![]() Later in the book, his 'handbook of drifting', 'tool bag of actions' and 'the orrery' offer a whirlwind of ideas on how to walk like a stalker, a swimmer, a ghost, an explorer, a pilgrim.As he says: Mythogeography is a way of walking, thinking and organising on many levels at the same time. Consistently one of Europe's most exciting and innovative performance artists, he has made 'walking sideways' into an art. What Phil Smith found was a countryside littered with beer cans and 100 years of change, punctured by cars and populated by an extraordinary cast, each with a story to tell about their connection to the places they call home. At its simplest, this is a book about walking: the funny and touching account of the author's walk across the heart of the English countryside in the footsteps of Edwardian oak tree planter Charles Hurst. ![]()
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