Tale #81: How to escape from every maze in the world

I listen to my dad. Not always, but often. He’s my father and I don’t want to let him down.

He told me once how to escape from any maze in the world. You just hold out your left hand, let it touch the wall by your side, and then, no matter where in the maze you are, you just follow it until you escape.

It might take a while, he said, but it’ll never let you down. Try it. Put your hand here, and start walking. Trace your fingers along the wall and follow them to freedom.

And so I tried it. I held my left hand out and placed my palm against the wall, and then stepped forward, one step, then two. On and on.

In this way I followed my father’s advice. Followed the path my finger traced along this wall. Followed the path like he said I should.

I have followed and followed and followed his loop forever. Have, in all my years, never found my way to anywhere at all.

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Notes:

1. Written in January 2016
2. For that Maze
3. Again

comprehension/recollection

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Notes:

1. Made in October 2019
2. Although the words were written months ago
3. And the music made even longer ago than that
4. And it was filmed from 2014 onwards, in bits and pieces
5. Some of which you can see in longer form here
6. If you like long slow minutes of time
7. Also thank you to Chriddof for the narration
8. And help with the sound mixing
9. Thank you, too, to toby vok and vom vorton for the music
10. And my dad, for filming the sunrise at the beginning
11. And the rest of my family for letting me film them