{"id":23215,"date":"2013-06-28T23:48:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T03:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=23215"},"modified":"2013-06-28T23:48:58","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T03:48:58","slug":"la-marche-ramollit-les-certitudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/06\/28\/la-marche-ramollit-les-certitudes\/","title":{"rendered":"La marche ramollit les certitudes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>En pr\u00e9vision de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walktheregion.com\/\">Marcher la r\u00e9gion<\/a>, j\u2019ai expliqu\u00e9 \u00e0 des dizaines de personnes pourquoi se rendre de L\u2019Assomption au Dix 30 \u00e0 pied permettait de vraiment comprendre la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 du Grand Montr\u00e9al. C\u2019est seulement en marchant, ai-je essay\u00e9 de leur d\u00e9montrer, que l\u2019on peut capter le sens qu\u2019ont chacun de ces lieux et le caract\u00e8re profond\u00e9ment h\u00e9t\u00e9rog\u00e8ne de la r\u00e9gion montr\u00e9alaise. Mais pourquoi marcher\u2009? Qu\u2019est-ce qu\u2019il y a de propre \u00e0 la longue marche, qui ne peut \u00eatre remplac\u00e9 par des exp\u00e9ditions en voitures ou une promenade \u00e0 v\u00e9lo\u2009?<\/p>\n<p>J\u2019aime croire que la marche, \u00e0 bien des \u00e9gards, se rapproche de la lecture de fictions.<\/p>\n<p>Un <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/culture\/livres\/380677\/lire-pour-combattre-la-peur-de-l-inconnu\">article r\u00e9cen<\/a>t\u00a0rapporte que des chercheurs de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Toronto ont fait lire chaque soir \u00e0 un groupe d\u2019\u00e9tudiants un texte de fiction pendant qu\u2019un autre groupe lisait un essai.\u00a0Chez les sujets qui lisaient de la fiction, les chercheurs ont not\u00e9 un\u00a0confort de plus en plus grand\u00a0avec le doute et l\u2019ambigu\u00eft\u00e9. \u00ab\u2009Lire de la fiction, remarque l\u2019auteur de l\u2019article, permet de se familiariser avec diff\u00e9rents styles de pens\u00e9e, et ce, m\u00eame si l\u2019on r\u00e9prouve ceux-ci.\u2009\u00bb\u00a0La fiction nous fait partager le point de vue de personnages d\u00e9primants et antipathiques et nous plonge dans des id\u00e9es que l\u2019on aurait autrement jamais consid\u00e9r\u00e9es. Elle ramollit nos certitudes et nous rappelle que d\u2019autres vies sont possibles.<\/p>\n<p>La pratique de la longue marche produit un effet semblable parce qu\u2019elle force \u00e0 traverser des espaces que l\u2019on aurait \u00a0autrement \u00e9vit\u00e9s. Dans une travers\u00e9e \u00e0 pied de la r\u00e9gion m\u00e9tropolitaine, le marcheur\u00a0doit s\u2019abandonner \u00e0 ce qu\u2019il voit. Si les lieux sont tristes, insignifiants ou sordides, il doit apprendre \u00e0 contempler des lieux tristes, insignifiants ou sordides. \u00a0S\u2019il n\u2019y a pas de grand spectacle qui s\u2019offre \u00e0 son regard, il doit se concentrer sur la flore de bord d\u2019autoroute, sur l\u2019ombre des pyl\u00f4nes dans les champs et\u00a0sur la vie quotidienne dans les cours arri\u00e8re. Son d\u00e9placement lent et continu lui permet de replacer chaque \u00e9l\u00e9ment dans son contexte\u00a0\u00e0 la fois vaste et microscopique.\u00a0Et plus il marche, plus il entre dans cet \u00e9tat de gr\u00e2ce o\u00f9 tout devient digne d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat.<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est dans ce sens que la marche ramollit les certitudes. Et en cela elle joue un r\u00f4le particuli\u00e8rement salutaire, en nous permettant de repenser en toute libert\u00e9 l\u2019avenir de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En pr\u00e9vision de Marcher la r\u00e9gion, j\u2019ai expliqu\u00e9 \u00e0 des dizaines de personnes pourquoi se rendre de L\u2019Assomption au Dix 30 \u00e0 pied permettait de vraiment comprendre la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 du Grand Montr\u00e9al. 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