I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.
I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.
The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.

