A Walk in the Park: Jessica Friedmann with Fiona Wright

Saturday 28 October 2017
9am – 10am
A Walk in the Park: Jessica Friedmann with Fiona Wright
History, and the history of great art and thinking, is rife with walkers. From flâneuring to Freud – from Wes Anderson to Marina Abramovic – the simple act of putting one foot in front of the other has long been celebrated as a potent way to access the mind, the spirit, a sense of contemplation, or the most basic pleasures of being in the world. So: how do writers and researchers use walking? How does it affect their ability to think methodically or creatively – and what can it offer to mental health? For this unique one-day series, made up of three walks, you’re invited to eavesdrop on a roving conversation around Princes Park. On each hour-long amble, two writers will reflect on their unique relationships with walking. You’ll stroll behind them, listening in via wireless headphones. (Soggy day? Bring a raincoat!)

Jessica Friedmann’s recent book, Things That Helped, chronicles her postnatal depression through a series of essays which reference theory, pop culture and her personal experiences. She describes the many significant changes she faced at once, and how on the advice of a hospital psychologist, walking and narrating her steps formed part of her recovery – helping to focus her consciousness on ‘the immediacy of voice and breath’.

Acute bodily awareness is a familiar subject for Fiona Wright, who in Small Acts of Disappearance describes vividly her encounters with anorexia. As they round Princes Park, they’ll discuss movement, change, and the body.

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