XI / Twelve

The text in the background of the print comes from Thoreau’s Journals from July 21, 1851 8am,

“Now I yearn for one of those old, meandering, dry, uninhabited roads, which lead away from towns, which lead us away from temptation, which conduct to the outside of earth, over its uppermost crust; where you may forget in what country you are travelling; where no farmer can complain that you are treading down his grass, no gentleman who has recently constructed a seat in the country that you are trespassing; on which you can go off at halfcock and wave adieu to the village; along which you may travel like a pilgrim, going nowither; where travellors are not too often to be met; where my spirit is free; where the walls and fences are not cared for; where your head is more in heaven than your feet are on earth; which have long reaches where you can see the approaching traveler half a mile off and be prepared for him… where you can pace when your breast is full, and cherish your moodiness…”