Lesung Walter Arnold

In the organizer's words:

In his book, Walter Arnold follows the paths of self-confessed hikers and walkers, with photographs by Bettina Fischer

Writing and walking belong together. Walter Arnold and Bettina Fischer have followed the great poets and philosophers and asked: How do footpaths lead to paths of thought? How does walking affect our thoughts, experiences and feelings? Prominent personalities from philosophy and literature provide the answers.
Current photographs show paths and places where Büchner and Rousseau, Nietzsche and Heidegger, Robert Walser and W. G. Sebald set off. References to "philosophers' paths" throughout Europe invite visitors to follow the poets' footsteps on foot.

Walking is one of the most beneficial forms of exercise for thinking people. It is an act of self-care that stimulates the mind and expands consciousness. The philosophers and poets of antiquity already came to this realization. Suppressed by the Christian era, walking as self-care has only been considered philosophically again since the Renaissance. Rousseau achieved his "Enlightenment of Vincennes" on a walk, Hölderlin drew identity-forming strength from his wanderings, Robert Walser saw walks as an essential source of inspiration for every poet, journalist or philosopher. Walter Arnold sets out on the paths of self-confessed hikers and walkers, follows their mental journeys and shows how walking can contribute to our happiness

"I take my walk;
it leads a little way and home;
then without sound or word
I am aside."
Robert Walser