Link Salad, the Mind/Body Edition
-- Get Fit with Haruki Murakami: Why Mohsin Hamid Exercises, Then Writes - Joe Fassler, The Atlantic, Mar. 5, 2013
"Murakami's quote is about writing long novels. I write short novels. So it made sense that while he has to run to get fit enough to do what he has to do, I could manage with just walking. And, the significant speed difference notwithstanding, a daily five-mile walk turned out to be exactly what I needed. My head cleared. My energy soared. My neck pains diminished. Sometimes I texted myself ideas, sentences, entire paragraphs as I walked. Other times I just floated along, arms at my sides, stewing and filtering and looking."
In other news, I got a job offer (for a dream job, in fact), met a girl, figured out a short story, and have a Deftones concert to go to on Saturday. I'd say this week is an unqualified success.
"Murakami's quote is about writing long novels. I write short novels. So it made sense that while he has to run to get fit enough to do what he has to do, I could manage with just walking. And, the significant speed difference notwithstanding, a daily five-mile walk turned out to be exactly what I needed. My head cleared. My energy soared. My neck pains diminished. Sometimes I texted myself ideas, sentences, entire paragraphs as I walked. Other times I just floated along, arms at my sides, stewing and filtering and looking."
In other news, I got a job offer (for a dream job, in fact), met a girl, figured out a short story, and have a Deftones concert to go to on Saturday. I'd say this week is an unqualified success.