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Walking in Bad Circles

Joan Schuman

January 12, 2018

"I think it was all of one period where I was collecting the audible traces of the desert, paying... "I think it was all of one period where I was collecting the audible traces of the desert, paying attention to experiences along this border that is so keenly present and easily ignored. What struck me was a single line from that news item, the allusion to the wanderer’s shaky mental state: “I’ve been walking in bad circles.” What are ‘good’ circles? A straight and linear walking?"