Mapped out
Maps make everything simple.
They eliminate uncertainty
and assure you that everything you need to know
is one dimensional.
I love pouring over them
and plotting destinations with my finger.
Each place is labelled with an interesting name
and they're all so close together.
I can go everywhere
from this god's-eye view.
It's only when you're dropped on the ground
that the ambiguity really hits you
that the straight and narrow
is filled with un-named forks
requiring endless blind choices and rejections
that left might be right
and foward might actually be back
They eliminate uncertainty
and assure you that everything you need to know
is one dimensional.
I love pouring over them
and plotting destinations with my finger.
Each place is labelled with an interesting name
and they're all so close together.
I can go everywhere
from this god's-eye view.
It's only when you're dropped on the ground
that the ambiguity really hits you
that the straight and narrow
is filled with un-named forks
requiring endless blind choices and rejections
that left might be right
and foward might actually be back
posted by jacqueline b at 9:13 PM
4 Comments:
I liked your post Mapped Out a lot. Reminded me of that song " From a distance...", I don't really know who sang it.
The world is so different from far away isn't it? And the reality hits you when u really touch it, feel it and live it.
Sure does. But altho that more philosophical meaning dominates in the post, I was actually writing very literally - from looking at the map, I always think it's going to be so easy and quick to get to where I want to go, and then I invariably find that the single path is actually about 20 goat trails!
I love the Nancy Griffith version of that song; thanks for the reminder.
I recognise this feeling. I've often thought maps are by far the easiest way to travel. Particularly in the NZ mountains...
hah! yes.
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