going backwards to go forwards, as one does hiking sometimes, following terrain, rather than taking the crow's flight.
but you knew that, you old wag you...
jeez maybe there should be a 'this is a figure of speech' tag!
excess of literality?
round and round we go, each time a little higher on the spiral. The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese Proverb.
it's more about revisiting matters we left behind in a mad rush to modernity with a bit more maturity than we had when we abandoned them.
similar landmarks, changed perceiver...
ergo spiral. The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese Proverb.
