Hinrichs, an independent environmental historian, will discuss how John Muir and Nan Shepherd used walking to spiritually connect with nature. Their ‘sauntering sense of place’ was characterized by intentional inefficiency and supernatural experience, which we can adopt today to counterbalance our culture of efficiency. With smartphones, we are consumed by instantaneous communication. With AI, we bypass synthesizing and creating, jumping straight to results. At work and in leisure, we judge our worth by how quickly we reach goals. It feels heretical to question the merits of this efficiency, making it hard to see how it impairs our spiritual well-being. Cultivating a sauntering sense of place, with Muir and Shepherd as our guides, is a pathway for reformation.
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Sauntering Sense of Place
Past Scottish Walkers as Guides for Present Practice
Presenter
Jamie Hinrichs
Jamie Hinrichs, an independent environmental historian, will speak about John Muir and Nan Shepherd as practitioners of a ‘sauntering sense of place’, and the relevance this has for our nature walks today.
