Kicks // Inspirations from the beat generation.
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.” – Jack Kerouac.
What’s life without Kicks? Well, you surely know about it. Sitting lopsided whilst sporting fancy clothes, comfy in that footwear you bought off a Flipkart sale, and gazing at that bright palm sized screen. Have you ever thought how much your life sucks? Of course you have. But what have you done about it?
Yes, you did plan to take a break from the life in the fast lane (taking inspiration from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara) but never took the leap. We all have our excuses for not being able to set on a journey on the road, thanks to our life in the metro; but we surely can spare time for an On-The-Road experience for once in our lifetime. One which you could narrate to your friends and family in your later years over Whisky, Weed and Warren Zevon.
Too classy for an on-the-road experience? Okay then. Some people can easily afford a lavish tour around the globe, but it would never make up for an experience of a lifetime. If you really desire to live every single bit of the trip, do it in the old school manner. Do it how it was done before the advent of digitization. Leave that Kindle behind, take a real paperback instead. Choose a notepad and pen against your laptop. Carry a real map, or note down your navigation route. Do that to feel the raw experience, the one which those travel agencies will never be able to deliver. And just for fun, do not plan the trip beforehand. Just pick a direction and go where the wind blows.
What’s life without Kicks? Well, you surely know about it. Sitting lopsided whilst sporting fancy clothes, comfy in that footwear you bought off a Flipkart sale, and gazing at that bright palm sized screen. Have you ever thought how much your life sucks? Of course you have. But what have you done about it?
Yes, you did plan to take a break from the life in the fast lane (taking inspiration from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara) but never took the leap. We all have our excuses for not being able to set on a journey on the road, thanks to our life in the metro; but we surely can spare time for an On-The-Road experience for once in our lifetime. One which you could narrate to your friends and family in your later years over Whisky, Weed and Warren Zevon.
Too classy for an on-the-road experience? Okay then. Some people can easily afford a lavish tour around the globe, but it would never make up for an experience of a lifetime. If you really desire to live every single bit of the trip, do it in the old school manner. Do it how it was done before the advent of digitization. Leave that Kindle behind, take a real paperback instead. Choose a notepad and pen against your laptop. Carry a real map, or note down your navigation route. Do that to feel the raw experience, the one which those travel agencies will never be able to deliver. And just for fun, do not plan the trip beforehand. Just pick a direction and go where the wind blows.
This article was previously published on thevomit.in
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