THE WALK…
Throughout history, there have been a large number
of instances where people had to take walks. Seems like such a simple fact
right! Now let us have a small picture…
Before man had an idea of inventing machines to
travel in or more popularly, before the invention of the wheel, the only mode
of transport was ‘walking’ or its faster brother ‘running’. Well running was
essential both for gathering food as well as escaping the fate of becoming food
to some predators. Once civilization started, there were the great travellers
and traders who used to cross countries in search of more majestic lands. As we
kept moving forward, politics got more and more developed and then there are
phrases like ‘The Long Walk To Freedom’ which summarize the glory of walking in
a very beautiful way.
The above examples seem like really important ones.
Now comes our character who was born in France. This man has no reason to walk
away from anybody, he does not have any major responsibilities to fullfil, he
wants to walk a relatively short distance but then there’s a catch. He does not
choose a firm ground to make his walk. He in fact chooses a wire. The good thing
is that he can choose where he wants to put up his wire. Well the challenging
news is that the authorities may not be quite so enthusiastic. All around him,
he sees people who behave as if they are the ‘productive ones’. They all ask
him why he wants to do the walk. The man frankly neither knows nor cares for a
reason. He simply lives in a world in which proper steel is more valuable than
gold. He meets a group of enthusiastic friends who are with him on his mission.
When the day arrives, He hasn’t slept through the night but he still enjoys the
morning, the rise of the sun.
In front of him, as he is about to take his first
step, he sees only the beginning of the wire. It looks to him like a pathway
that leads to infinity as clouds engulf his wire. Amidst this great infinite
vastness, he finds himself his salvation…the wire…
