![]() ![]() Merrifield trod in Stevenson’s footsteps and he too discovered the unhurried pace of the beast. In his book ‘The Wisdom of Donkeys: Finding Tranquility in a Chaotic World’, Andy Merrifield wrote about how he would watch Grebouille graze in the field for hours, as a sort of meditation. 121 (TW: torture, holocaust) Donkey detail from Otoño (Autumn), a painting by Francisco do Barrera 1638, which hangs in the Museum of Fine Arts, Seville, Spain ‘ Beatrice and Virgil which, among other things, features a particularly enjoyable conversation between Beatrice, who is a donkey, and Virgil, who is a howler monkey, about the nature of a pear (that is, the fruit). ![]() It’s as firmly yet lithely connected to the earth as a birch tree. ‘I noticed that a donkey has an appealing terrestrial solidity – it’s a good solid animal – yet its limbs are surprisingly slim. I can see the details of the landscape, I can feel the ground under each heel and toe, I have time to muse. I have discovered that slow is good for me. In order to make it through a walking day of around 20 kilometers with a rucksack on my back, I too engage a modest pace. When he walked there, he was forced to go slowly so that his donkey didn’t “browse”. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a book called ‘Walking with a donkey in the Cevennes’ (France). ![]() Children love donkeys, Jupiter Artland Xmas 2019 Donkeys = go slow ![]() You can listen to Funky Donkey by the Beastie Boys while you read this if you so desire. ![]()
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