In Motion

by Hiss, Tony

• ISBN13: 9780679415978
• ISBN10: 0679415971
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-12
• Publisher: Knopf

Summary

In this extraordinarily wide-ranging, insightful, mind-opening book, Tony Hiss delves into the question of why travel sometimes (but only sometimes) feels remarkably fresh and exhilarating, and illustrates how we can avail ourselves of this seemingly elusive quality-which he calls "deep travel"-on an everyday basis. The sensation of deep travel can overtake us, Hiss argues, whenever we tap into a sophisticated, wide-awake awareness we all possess. With a wealth of examples-from human ancestors walking two-legged for the first time to astronauts walking on the moon-Hiss identifies and rescues this capacity, and sets out simple techniques for accessing it no matter how near or far your travel takes you. But this is only a jumping-off point for an original and penetrating explanation of how deep travel radically alters our perception of time by placing us in an "extended present," and how it acts as an "open sesame" to enlarge and enrich the world around us, immeasurably and irreversibly. Whether travel takes you around the corner or on daily commutes, on wilderness canoe trips or international flights-once yours"ve readIn Motion,no journey will ever feel the same.

Author Biography

Tony Hiss, who was a staff writer at The New Yorker for more than thirty years, has lectured around the world and is currently a visiting scholar at New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is the author of twelve previous books, including the award-winning The Experience of Place and The View from Alger’s Window. He lives in New York with his wife, writer Lois Metzger, and their son.

Table of Contents

Deep Travel	p. 3
Beyond The Turnstile	p. 39
The Second Leap	p. 78
A Sense of Time	p. 101
Time Pioneers	p. 125
Longer "Nows" and Larger "Heres"	p. 148
The "Other Points" of Travel	p. 187
"Tell Me Where it is Gone"	p. 199
From Lucy to the Moon	p. 227
Origin of the Wandering Ape	p. 246
The First Human Gift	p. 265
Notes For "A Short History"	p. 287
The Legacy of Awareness	p. 313
Acknowledgments	p. 327
Index	p. 329
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