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Field notes / 01 / Movement
A session has a setting.
Route, light, surface, pace of life. Start with what surrounds the activity.
The route is not a footnote
Record the setting first.
A note that says “a walk” leaves a lot out. A path, a set of steps and an ordinary city journey are different settings. Record the details you actually know before comparing one day with another.
A change in context
Same activity. Different ground.
A stepped hillside introduces a different setting from an even path. The picture does not tell us a pace, an effort level or a result. Those would need separate observations.
Keep the inference small
A figure in the distance is not a data point.
The forest photograph gives us a visible scene. It does not establish duration, intensity or benefit. Use that distinction when writing your own note: “I saw…” is different from “this proves…”.
