With the first step, the number of shapes the walk might take is infinite, but then the walk begins to define itself as it goes along, though freedom remains total with each step: any tempting side road can be turned into an impulse, or any wild patch of woods can be explored. The pattern of the walk is to come true, is to be recognized, discovered.


Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues (ed. Univ of Michigan Pr, 1996)

A. R. Ammons Quotes

With the first step, the number of shapes the walk might take is infinite, but then the walk begins to define itself as it goes along, though freedom ...

With the first step, the number of shapes the walk might take is infinite, but then the walk begins to define itself as it goes along, though freedom ...

With the first step, the number of shapes the walk might take is infinite, but then the walk begins to define itself as it goes along, though freedom ...

With the first step, the number of shapes the walk might take is infinite, but then the walk begins to define itself as it goes along, though freedom ...