Memory Map Activity

Thanks to Judith Roberts for the tipoff to this rather excellent site which may be of use for those wanting an activity during the lockdown.

Louise Ann Wilson has shared an excellent idea for combining the daily walks with memory and artistic activity. Her website has a project called “With memory I was there”

There's a good task outline and some questions to ask about your local area, or a favourite walk further afield.

It was apparently inspired by Dorothy Wordsworth who, when living at Rydal Mount, became bedroom-bound, relying on memory to transport herself into the landscape she had once walked:

No need of motion, or of strength, Or even the breathing air: –

I thought of Nature's loveliest scenes; And with Memory I was there...

Extract from the poem “Thoughts on my Sick-Bed” by Dorothy Wordsworth