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Desire Paths – Emergence Magazine

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As the coronavirus sets us on an uncertain and increasingly narrow path, David Farrier finds inspiration in the meandering imprints left by the tracks of animals.

Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images Being restricted in where we can go offers new opportunities for noticing where we are. Since we went into lockdown, I've been working in a room that looks down on our suburban back garden. One day, when lockdown was still new, I was staring out the window, struggling to concentrate and trying to get to grips with the way the world seemed to have slipped its rails, when something caught my eye: a bluish line running the length of the lawn, about three feet from the right-hand edge. It broke from between two planters on the patio beneath

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