Join the Zbyry, or How to Get into Creative Motion

Abstract

The starting point of the article is Miastopisanie – a project carried out by the K.K. Baczyński Literary Association, which involved leading creative walks around Łódź. Using autoethnographic tools, the author reflects on her own experiences of walking through the city, situating them in the context of the anthropology of walking as a cognitive practice, somaesthetics, and ultimately – writing as a continuous movement of the body, experiencing, and “tracking traces.” Drawing on anthropological texts, the author explores the possibility of applying the concept of “muscle readiness” to writing, which is closely tied to the category of experience – a key area of all creative endeavors. In the final section, she considers the educational potential of this concept for activities such as Miastopisanie – a group activity in which it becomes possible to break through internal barriers of solitude and engage in a shared, creative movement.