The Running Muse
a cultural gymnasium for the curious runner
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Any other runners out there who think there is much more to running than physical exertion?
Well, you're not alone - ever since the earliest cave paintings, the meaning and pleasure of the running experience has been explored by writers, painters and composers, by philosophers, film-makers and dramatists.
Comedians have laughed at it, scientists have analysed it, and historians have chronicled its cultural resonance. The Running Muse will be nourishing your runner's soul with stories from all of them.
Even the sweatiest of ancient Greek gyms were also places of intellectual endeavour, so welcome to a new blog for the thinking runner, a miscellany of musings on running in culture that will be navigating the existential wonders of putting one foot in front of the other.
'First day of Hurricane Sandy. Five miles easy .......I can't hold on to my thoughts in this wind.'
- Thomas Gardner, Poverty Creek Journal
Running Quote of the Month
Picasso's 'Running on the Beach (The Race)'
'Once, the fastest runner was a woman....'
'It's like a jungle sometimes....'
Run Lola Run
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
'This is "motion towards", isn't it, boy?....'
Running in Language (Part 1)
Running in Language (Part 2)
Dictating the Pace
Fast Times on the Ocean of Storms
Five Unlikely Runners
Runner, I married him
It Ain't Over 'Til the Fit Lady Sings
World Premiere of Laura Sheeran's 'Run'
'Rift' by Natalie McGrath
Jokers in the Pack
Waugh Games
Running through Hell
Running Food
Current posts (this page):
Joyce Carol Oates' short story, 'Running'
It's raining - do you run or walk?
Picasso's running minotaur
W.H. Auden's 'Runner'
O sinnerman, where you gonna run to?
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