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There is no art to wandering

Cathy Johnson
July-August 1994 (Vol. VII, No. 7)

There is no art to wandering. If I have a destination, a plan -- and objective -- I've lost the ability to find serendipity... I search for the Holy Grail of particularity and miss the chalice freely offered, filled full and overwhelming.

~ from ON BECOMING LOST by Cathy Johnson
On Becoming Lost
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