By Steven Kurutz / The New York Times
[...]
“When you start,
you have all the noise in your head,”
Mr. Kagge said, adding that by his journey’s end, “You feel your brain is wider than the sky.
You’re a guy being part of this bigness,
this greatness.
To be alone and experience the silence
feels very safe,
very meaningful.”
[...]
"Much of the modern-day “noise” that people wish to escape comes not from loud sounds or grating talk (though there are plenty of both),
but from endless distractions."
[...]
“We’re social beings.
But in the silence,
you meet yourself.”
Image: George Etheredge / The New York Times