Thinking with the Feet

Movement and Philosophy

When the prose turns stagnant, the desk becomes a cage. I have learned over the years that my mind has a specific “operating speed,” and it is often synchronized with the pace of my walking.

There is a long tradition of “peripatetic” thinkers—those who believe that the act of putting one foot in front of the other unspools the knots in the brain. Today, I left a difficult paragraph behind and walked the perimeter of the park. By the time I returned, the rhythm of my gait had provided the rhythm for the sentence I was missing. Motion is the antidote to the static mind.

The Monroe Minute
Walk for fifteen minutes today without headphones or distractions. Let your thoughts pace themselves to your steps.

Until the next page,
Sloane S. Monroe

Sloane Shay Monroe

I don’t write to idealize love, but to explore it honestly, with emotional precision and depth.