Paths of Presence...
If spending time in a place changes it and creates a soul, what happens when you pass through? Travelling creates paths connecting places together, like the umbilical cord connecting a mother to a child. The same five factors create these paths.
These paths are created within a space as well. The soul of the place is really a collection of overlapping paths connecting different parts of the space. As these paths overlap and build on each other, the space slowly fills with paths to the point where one can't be separated from another. In a building, this process can be pretty quick. In a larger space, like a city, it can take longer. In old cities, areas can go to sleep and others might be pulsing with life.
A path is an interesting thing, because it is a route that a person or culture is more comfortable taking. We tend to always take the same route. For an individual, each time we pass the same way, we reinforce the path, making it easier to pass through it the next time. We will keep coming back to it, taking the path of least resistance, which is the path we are building. The same thing happens with groups. Each person passing a certain way makes it easier for others to pass that way.
These paths result in what has been dubbed ley lines. Ley lines are ancient paths connecting important locations. They are most obvious in Europe, where the name was given to them. Ley lines are paths that have been built over many generations.
Paths also build pathways in the mind. We relate places together based on the routes we use to get from one area to another. Our mind is amazing at keeping track of these paths. I, specifically, think in pictures, and my mind is a giant map of all the paths I've travelled. Walking builds the strongest paths in my mind (and the strongest path of presence). Driving is a much more tentative path. Flying leaves me completely disconnected from my last path. When someone describes a path to me, it creates a minor path in my mind, weaker than driving, but stronger than flying. This path might not be accurate, however.
The reason driving leaves a weaker path is that, first of all, you spend less time in the area. When you drive, you pass objects and space rapidly, having less impact on them. When you walk, you effect the objects and space a lot more, because you are close to them for longer time.
~Muninn's Kiss
These paths are created within a space as well. The soul of the place is really a collection of overlapping paths connecting different parts of the space. As these paths overlap and build on each other, the space slowly fills with paths to the point where one can't be separated from another. In a building, this process can be pretty quick. In a larger space, like a city, it can take longer. In old cities, areas can go to sleep and others might be pulsing with life.
A path is an interesting thing, because it is a route that a person or culture is more comfortable taking. We tend to always take the same route. For an individual, each time we pass the same way, we reinforce the path, making it easier to pass through it the next time. We will keep coming back to it, taking the path of least resistance, which is the path we are building. The same thing happens with groups. Each person passing a certain way makes it easier for others to pass that way.
These paths result in what has been dubbed ley lines. Ley lines are ancient paths connecting important locations. They are most obvious in Europe, where the name was given to them. Ley lines are paths that have been built over many generations.
Paths also build pathways in the mind. We relate places together based on the routes we use to get from one area to another. Our mind is amazing at keeping track of these paths. I, specifically, think in pictures, and my mind is a giant map of all the paths I've travelled. Walking builds the strongest paths in my mind (and the strongest path of presence). Driving is a much more tentative path. Flying leaves me completely disconnected from my last path. When someone describes a path to me, it creates a minor path in my mind, weaker than driving, but stronger than flying. This path might not be accurate, however.
The reason driving leaves a weaker path is that, first of all, you spend less time in the area. When you drive, you pass objects and space rapidly, having less impact on them. When you walk, you effect the objects and space a lot more, because you are close to them for longer time.
~Muninn's Kiss