Walking as a political act and my walking

 

When I started to get interested in psychogeography, I encountered definitions and concepts that, in some cases, refer to political movements. 

Given that, as a budding photographer and artist, I am not particularly fascinated by the political implications of certain artistic currents. 

I was struck by Merlin Coverley's previous statement. The mere act of walking and, while walking, the "remapping" of a geographical area on the basis of personal perceptions and to grasp equally personal signs and meanings, would be an act of resistance to those who, through roads and architectural boundaries, have given the imprint to that area. 

While I wander and let myself go, I do not think of carrying out a political and/or resistance act: I believe and hope to establish a flow as natural and spontaneous as possible between the environment I am travelling through and my feelings, my emotions, even my aesthetic perceptions.

Rationality also has its role, at the moment I prepare myself for the "wandering missions", and I take some preliminary information to better understand where I will be. I never go into too much depth before, because I prefer to precede my personal experiences with the collection of information that can confirm or refute what I have perceived.