April 3d 2013. Day 109. I had been wearing a three piece walking suit for 108 days in a row. I used it as my notebook, embroidering texts and drawings on the inside. I called it my "soft armour". I had decided (with some help of Thoreau) I had to wear it until the wearer had transformed. Day 109 I realised I already had a soft armour. I realised the only way to make a difference is by being yourself. I realised I had to quit aiming for an academic career and start walking. Start and never stop. So I walked in my first, my original soft armour through the city. And a few hours later I received an e-mail with an invitation to walk in the Avian Kingdom in Sweden.I will buy myself a new three piece walking suit. I will wear it in Sweden every day for 5 weeks in a row. I will wear it during the planned walks for which all sorts of organisations and individuals are invited (and everybody is welcome to join). I will wear it while doing other things. Meeting people. Shopping for groceries. Strolling through the village. Hosting dinner parties. And wherever I am, whatever I do, whenever there are people around I will ask them if they want to exchange a piece of their clothing with a piece of my suit. I will cut out two identical pieces and swap them, sew my suit-piece in the other person's clothing and his or her piece in my suit. After five weeks, my complete suit will be dispersed among the people I met. They will all wear a small piece of my suit. And I will go back to where I came from wearing a suit consisting of bits and pieces of the people I encountered.
