It is quite "fun" how two people can read the exact same text and get totally opposing views from it.
I actually think this is an absolutely awesome essay exactly BECAUSE she talks about the mundane aspects. It's a fantastic take on peoples insatiable appetite for "longing" or "searching". She chases a romantic picture of solitude as a way to escape or re-shape her existence. And while the experience as a whole might do this, the everyday living will still be filled with mundane tasks.
Having travelled alone for 30 days with a backpack in Myanmar, this just rings so true to me. The experience as a whole I would not be without - but there is a lot of mundane living no matter how you choose to live your life. The only constant is you.
I actually think this is an absolutely awesome essay exactly BECAUSE she talks about the mundane aspects. It's a fantastic take on peoples insatiable appetite for "longing" or "searching". She chases a romantic picture of solitude as a way to escape or re-shape her existence. And while the experience as a whole might do this, the everyday living will still be filled with mundane tasks.
Having travelled alone for 30 days with a backpack in Myanmar, this just rings so true to me. The experience as a whole I would not be without - but there is a lot of mundane living no matter how you choose to live your life. The only constant is you.