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A book that turns its own pages

Vol. 07 · Spring

Field Notes

A pocket atlas of small wonders

The Lab
An open-page experiment

Field Notes

Click a page to turn it forward or backward. Use the arrow keys, or grab a corner and throw.

Edition 07 · 12 entries
Golden grass field at sunset
Plate I — Late light, prairiePhoto · Unsplash

The page turns the way a season turns — quietly, then all at once.

Field Notes, opening pagesOn rhythm, & paying attention
On the road14,302km logged · Spring quarter
Coast walks
08
Mountain passes
03
Cities passed through
21
Trains missed
02

Things worth pausing for

  1. 01A door painted unreasonably blueLisbon
  2. 02Light through old window glassKyoto
  3. 03A market that smells like rainOaxaca
  4. 04Sound of a tram, far offPorto
  5. 05A bookshop cat asleep on a counterHay-on-Wye
Mountain lake reflecting peaks at dawn
Plate II — Cold morning, alpinePhoto · Unsplash
Mira Okafor
Mira OkaforCartographer, contributor

Draws maps of places that aren’t quite there yet. Carries two notebooks: one for routes, one for everything else.

  • Maps
  • Walks
  • Slow travel

A year of walking

Kilometres per month
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Forest path with morning fog
Plate III — Path that turnsPhoto · Unsplash

A coastal walk

38.7223° N · 9.1393° W
  1. 01Begin at the small tiled cafe
  2. 02Follow the wall until it bends
  3. 03Cross at the second blue staircase
  4. 04Continue until the lighthouse

A book is a quiet room you can carry. A flip is its door.

Marginalia, page 84On the architecture of reading
Sunlight through trees
Plate IV — UnderwoodPhoto · Unsplash

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Thank you for reading. Turn back to revisit a page — or close the book and let it rest a while.

Published by The Lab · Edition 07
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