Photo: Linh Dinh
“A mannish woman’s jean jacket had a large, dark shape on the back, where a ridiculously glittery red heart had been”.
Linh Dinh
Flying, walking, looking, thinking … In a flash, this earth went from being wide open to shockingly shuttered
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lthough the compulsion to travel is universal, nearly all of it is done virtually, and I’m not just talking about the internet, of course, but reading books, looking at photos, telling and hearing stories, or just thinking. We can’t stand to be confined to one spot knowing everything else
is out there, so even while sitting still we must move, if only mentally, our legs shaking, our eyes darting non-stop. Every country is huge. Gigantic! A small town is already infinite. Our bodies and minds are tiny. Going anywhere, we’re lesser than an ant touring Tokyo. With his pin-sized intellect, he’s undoubt-
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edly thinking, “I’ve got this bitch. Tokyo ain’t shit”. I’m sitting in Lotte Mart in Busan, South Korea, drinking a cheap cup of coffee. How did I become so wealthy? There’s abundance everywhere I look, with everything manufactured, delivered and tastefully arranged, just for me. (I got here on the Busan Subway,