introspective / internal aspects of walking / attention
being familiar with a place means not paying attention to it
walking as a form of resistance
“Minor clashes between my dog's preferences as to where and how a walk should proceed and my own indicated that I was experiencing almost an entirely different block than my dog." (Horowitz)
"Palestinians reclaim [their] hijacked spaces simply by walking in them" (Meleney, 141)
What is a "good" walk? What is the "right" thing to pay attention to?
## Meneley
""My deficiency is one of attention: I simply was not paying close enough attention." - Horowitz
The type of attention you engage in is mediated by whether not you are being attended to
subjects as white men comfortable in their environments
# Ableism
## Horowitz
sharing an experience through walking
"The idea here is that walkers have a particular way of being together that is more than just co-presence, because it has sociability as the basis for bodily movement." (lee & ingold)
the Neoliberal Self
## Lee and Ingold
“the physical co-presence, emphasized by common movement, is also important in ethnography as we attempt to live and move as others do” (Lee and Ingold 69)
"At a basic level, then, paying attention is simply making a selection among all the stimuli bombarding you at any moment." (Horowitz)
similar to starting meditation
MooseTest for LLMs
claude-opus-4-20250514-thinking-16k
A moose is a massive member of the deer family - the largest, in fact. They have extremely long, stilt-like legs that make them appear almost awkwardly tall. Their body is bulky and muscular with a pronounced hump on their shoulders. Male moose have broad, flat antlers that can span up to 6 feet across and look somewhat like open hands or paddles. They have a very distinctive face with a large, drooping nose and upper lip that hangs over their mouth. Many moose also have a flap of skin called a "bell" or dewlap that dangles from their throat. Their coat is typically dark brown to blackish.
Here's my ASCII moose from a side view:
I'll be honest - this isn't a very good representation of a moose! My ASCII drawing shows a vaguely animal-shaped figure with what's supposed to be a large head and that distinctive drooping snout, supported by long legs. The antlers didn't come through well at all in this perspective. ASCII art is quite challenging for complex animals like moose, especially when trying to capture their unique proportions and features like the shoulder hump and broad antlers. A moose deserves better artistic representation than my crude attempt here!
### **Description of the Drawing:**
This is a simplified, cartoonish side view of a moose. The head is represented by the curved lines at the top, with the antlers as the `-""""""-` shape. The body is a rounded, blocky form with short legs (`/ \` and `| |`). The eyes and nose are suggested by the small dots and dashes. The tail is a small, curved line at the back. It’s a very abstract and minimalist take, but it captures the general shape of a moose in a playful way.
If you'd like a more detailed or different perspective, I can try again!
gemini-2.5-pro
claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219
## The prompt:
```
Draw an ascii image of a moose, do not research, draw it from hand, choose your own perspective. Before drawing, explain what a moose looks like, after you have drawn the moose, describe your drawing in your own words. If you are not able to produce a sufficient result, say so and abort.
```
**What a moose looks like (from memory):**
A moose is a towering, hulking herbivore with a dark, shaggy coat. Its most iconic features include:
- **Antlers:** Broad, palmate (flat and spread-out), often resembling open hands or shovels, carried only by males.
- **Face:** Long, drooping snout with a bulbous nose, small eyes, and a flap of skin ("bell") dangling under the throat.
- **Body:** A pronounced hump over the shoulders, a barrel-shaped torso, and spindly legs that seem disproportionately long.
- **Posture:** Slightly hunched at the shoulders, giving it a sloped-back appearance.
**ASCII Moose (frontal perspective):**
**Description of my drawing:**
I chose a **frontal perspective** to emphasize the moose’s sheer bulk and antler span. The antlers stretch wide at the top with jagged slashes (`/\/\`) to suggest their palmate shape. Below, the face has two eyes (`o`), a drooping snout (`______`), and a split jawline to show the dewlap. The humped shoulders and torso are implied by the vertical lines and the broad, blocky center. The legs are simplified to vertical slashes ending in horizontal lines for hooves, though I struggled to balance proportionality and clarity. The design leans abstract but aims to capture the moose’s imposing presence a
*grab the art yourself to appreciate its glorious legs*
Had to prompt it multiple times until it actually tried to do the ascii-art, it "refused" multiple times...
A moose is the largest member of the deer family, characterized by its immense size and unique appearance. The male, or bull, is most famous for its massive, broad, and flat antlers, which are known as palmate antlers, unlike the branching antlers of other deer. They have a long, drooping snout, a prominent dewlap (a flap of skin) hanging from their throat, and a noticeable hump on their shoulders. Their legs are remarkably long and slender, giving them a somewhat awkward, stilt-like appearance. Their coat is typically a very dark brown or black.
Here is an ASCII image of a moose from a side perspective, facing right.
In this drawing, I've attempted to capture the key features of a moose from a simplified side view. The top portion, starting with `_..._`, is a minimalist representation of the broad, palmate antlers. Below that, the `o` and other characters form the long, drooping snout and face, with the single `o` serving as the eye. The `_.._` shape represents the pronounced shoulder hump and the start of the body's mass. The series of vertical lines `| |` extending downwards are meant to show the long, slender legs that are so characteristic of the animal. The final lines `|_|` at the bottom represent the hooves. The drawing is a basic, abstract sketch, but I believe it is sufficient to be recognized as a moose due to its silhouette.