Walking...It's an Art not a Science

I walk a lot in the city. I walk from the train station to my office or to the bus stop. I walk to pick up lunch, and I walk around Michigan Ave. just to get some air.

Because of this, I get to see a lot of people. How they walk, who they're with, what they're doing that day. It's interesting. When I worked in the Loop, I would always seem to be frustrated about how people couldn't seem to walk at a "normal" pace (which was whatever pace I was at that day).

I've since slowed down a bit and really noticed the people that are around me. Some walk fast, some slow. Some swing their hips a la Marilyn Monroe, and others act like their smushing bugs with each purposeful stomp.

I decided last Friday, that walking is really more of an Art than a Science. The mechanics are all pretty much the same; left, right, left, right, in a forward or backward motion, but the execution is as varied as the people.