ABSTRACT
This chapter presents one narrative that represents a walking excursion that became a spiritual and aesthetic currere, a walking pedagogy of self. Three themes are developed that may serve to evoke an understanding of what is possible in a walking pedagogy of self: freedom, transformation, and flow. Etymological analysis takes us back to the original meaning of words, before history and cultural influences played their part in changing our common understanding of everyday language over time. More recently, currere has become known as an autobiographical genre of curriculum theorizing, a genre that addresses an existential nature of education. Attending to qualities in everyday experience is about perceiving and receiving sensations. Aesthetes are individuals who perceive, are responsive to, and deeply appreciate beauty in art, nature, spirit, and other aspects of life experiences. A commitment to a pedagogy of self encourages further excursions through recursive activities such as artmaking and writing that serve to create who we are.
