I had become an inward being, and walked as in an inward world; everything outside me became a dream; what I had understood till now became unintelligible. I fell away from the surface, down into the fabulous depths, which I recognized then to be all that was good. What we understand and love understands and loves us also. I was no longer myself, was another, and yet it was on this account that I became properly myself. In the sweet light of love I realized, or believe I realized, that perhaps the inward self is the only self which really exists.

Robert Walser, The Walk (1917)

W A L K I N G

365 Days in 50 Years

1972-2022

a photograhic essay

a concert

emanuel dimas de melo pimenta

in memory of my dearest travelers aunts Aurora Troncho de Melo (1890-1990) and Nina Raia Gomes Ferreira (1915-2020); and dedicated to three lovely girls: Luciana, Laura and Dora

Saint Moritz, Switzerland, 2006. Photo by Emanuel Pimenta

Walking is a multidimensional work included in my project L for Liberty, started in 2020. It is about a fifty years photographic essay made in many countries of the world - in Europe, North and South America, Middle East, Asia and Africa. The photo essay comprises 365 photos, from 1972 to 2022. It is a reflection about walking, inspired on Henri David Thoreau. The music, Free Walk, was composed in 2022, exclusively using sounds of walking steps. The text of the book is free here or at academia.edu. I wish all a marvelous spiritual walking.

Emanuel Pimenta

Porto Ronco (Locarno) 2023

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