Abstract
<p class="ql-align-justify">This chapter is a meditation on everynight walks in south west London during the COVID-19 lockdowns. These night walks are examined through careful reflection and distillation to present the chaos of the inner monologue crowding in on the walker as they pursue the ostensibly simple action of putting one foot in front of the other. The suggestion is that no two walks are the same whether it be external gait, or internal conversation with the self interrupted by reactions to external stimulii. More explicitly, sections of the chapter engage with superficial visual stereotypes of walking projected upon subjects as place-making dispositions of the body, illustrations of an urban or peasant habitus, and examples of allegedly socially-sedimented practices in the body. The night walks are compromised by context and the (evolutionary) history of the body but remain unique, creative and distinct.</p><p></p>
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