Hiking and philosophy go together like a pair of comfortable trail shoes and moisture-wicking socks. Whether one prefers all-day wilderness treks like Henry David Thoreau, or thoughtful urban strolls à la Hannah Arendt, hiking can deepen one’s habits of attention, resilience, and care. Empirical studies now affirm what these figures intuited, that walking improves one’s […] The post Walking toward Wisdom: the Aporetics of Hiking first appeared on Blog of the APA.| Blog of the APA
The Tangier smoke cat catches a piece of meat in his front paws like a monkey…my little monkey beast. The white cat rubs his way towards me, tentative, hoping. William S. Borroughs, The Cat Inside (93). I used to live in Nijmegen (the Netherlands) and commute to work to Aachen (Germany), where I would stay…| Blog of the APA
When I was thirty, I told some coworkers about my plan to enter grad school to become a psychotherapist. We were technical writers for a large insurance company. “We used to have such dreams,” one of them sighed as the others nodded. “But you have to pay the bills and keep to what you know.”…| Blog of the APA