A city begins in the body.

城市先从身体开始。

Study 005 · Heat, distance and a changing pace

We often say we understand a city when we know its map. But the body learns it earlier.

It knows which distance is walkable in this heat, where the air changes at the entrance to a station, when a crowded carriage asks us to become smaller, and which route leaves enough quiet before arriving.

A city becomes familiar when movement no longer needs constant explanation. The body has begun to edit the map for the life actually being lived.

我们常以为熟悉一座城市意味着看懂它的地图，但身体更早学会这件事。它知道什么距离适合在这样的天气里步行，哪里的空气会在地铁入口处改变，哪条路线能在抵达以前留下一点安静。城市真正变得熟悉，是身体开始替正在发生的生活重新编辑地图。