Jim Harrison interview Write a short essay (250 words min. – 350 words max.) to comment on the following sentences by the American writer Jim Harrison in an interview: “We make ruts in our life so deep that the dirt closes over us. Travel is an excellent way for a desperately needed change in perspective. I can’t say that travel is inherently good when it’s simply done for novelty. Novelty when people are trying to skim the essence of a whole other country in a few days. That attitude repels the country we are visiting.” A lot of people travel around the world. But how does it change their perspective of life ? In an interview, the American writer Jim Harrison sent doubts about the virtues of the fast travelling. Is novelty in travel can open our mind ? Actually, we are living in a society witch explain that you can have a better life. It is a right for you. How often can we heard "take pleasure ! " ? There is a lot a meaning to take this pleasure. We can make shopping, playing game, practice sport. A lots of publicity shows cloudy country in winter and tell us that we can buy a travel to reach the sun, the blue sea and the warm sand. Or we can live adventure by riding horses near the wide landscape in Central Asia. But what does it change for us ? It depends what we bring with us. How can we understand or learn new things if we come with our old knowledge and perspectives ? We need empty our mind for travel. If we do it, travel means meeting with new culture, not only use this culture. It means real change with these citizens and not only photo with them. And often without any ask of permission ! Discover a new country isn't the same thing that walking near a leisure park. So we need empty (emptying ?) our mind. And taking (take ?) time. Fast food discovers junk food, fast travel discovers stress travel. For some people travel means running after a bus, a plane, a booking entertainment. I'm pretty sure that the persons who stay sit down in frontside of their house are looking the tourist with a septic eye. They should ask themselves, "where are they running ?" Travelling means empty our mind and taking time. The ancient travelers drown pictures or painted what they saw. Or they wrote their though on a diary. All of us we can't be like Rimbaud in Somalia but at least we can take the time to breathe this new air and smelled those new parfums.