Text: Bicycle Meditation
The real Bliss of a morning aboard a bicycle is the delightful freedom you can obtain from all conscious thought. It can be like childhood, every minute full of incident and interest, and no consciousness of thinking
about it. You arrive with a feeling of satisfaction, with a mind swept
clean, full of landscapes, and speed, and winds, and lights, which have
settled in unnoticed, while it rested. It perceived, but did not think:
the thoughts slip through, meeting no obstacle of logic; not even
reaching the stage of being articulate: and that is the real holiday...
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17.09.09 — Felidae
There is truth and art in your words... If only more motorists would take notice of the word on your top tube...
16.09.09 — Naked Cyclist
Hi Natasha, thanks I have been following that. I blogged it too. Lots of my cycling friends featured in it.
http://sydneybodyartridehq.blogspot.com/2009/09/psychogeographical-adven...
I will go visit your blog.
Cheers!
~JLJ~
15.09.09 — Natasha Mitchell
P.S I've popped your piece over at the All in the Mind blog too, hope that's okay (with a link back to here)
15.09.09 — Natasha Mitchell
Hi Naked Cyclist
You might be interested in the edition of ABC Radio national's All in the Mind the week before last on "psychogeography"...featuring cyclist and walker commuters reflecting on their state of mind as they engage with the urban landscape
Here's the audio , transcript and more info http://abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2009/2673030.htm
And you might like to join the interesting discussion on the All in the Mind blog too here:
http://blogs.abc.net.au/allinthemind/2009/09/take-to-the-streets-with-ps...
Natasha Mitchell
presenter + producer - All in the Mind