Desire Paths – Emergence Magazine

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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