Beautiful, evocative writing, Nandi. What if impulse were related to "pulse?" The pulse of your heart quickens or slows down, generating a new direction, a new idea.
Wonderful essay! I remember reading about how "desire paths" can even be used to determine where to place "official" paths. Instead of a designer deciding where a path should be, they simply wait and observe where people tend to go and then create the path there. I think this also works in the context of the metaphor, suggesting that maybe we can identify those internal pathways within us, carved by the heart's feet, and then decide to line them with stones and protect them from erosion instead of swearing them off and chastising ourselves for wandering.
Beautiful, evocative writing, Nandi. What if impulse were related to "pulse?" The pulse of your heart quickens or slows down, generating a new direction, a new idea.
Absolutely love that thread--from one part of the word to the next, charting a new path ❤️
Wonderful essay! I remember reading about how "desire paths" can even be used to determine where to place "official" paths. Instead of a designer deciding where a path should be, they simply wait and observe where people tend to go and then create the path there. I think this also works in the context of the metaphor, suggesting that maybe we can identify those internal pathways within us, carved by the heart's feet, and then decide to line them with stones and protect them from erosion instead of swearing them off and chastising ourselves for wandering.
Also, speaking of reddit, there is a subreddit of desire path pics (because of course there is): https://www.reddit.com/r/DesirePath/