Walking. A natural progression in a person's development. From the day a child starts walking, this becomes a fundamental activity that they will perform for the rest of their life. Walking is a universal movement that we don't consciously think about doing. Walking a line is probably the simplest thing a human being can do to mark his place, to leave his footsteps imprinted on the earth. Richard Long, a contemporary British artist, interacts with the world by walking and interacts with natural materials and sometimes the forces of nature. For Long, “walking provides the means to expose oneself to new and changing perceptions and experiences and to gain an expanded awareness of one's surroundings.” This affinity he shares with nature stems from his childhood. In a conversation with Denise Hooker, writer and art historian, Richard Long said that "as a boy he hitchhiked with (his) father and went on cycling holidays and to youth hostels" and that his father, who he was a teacher, "(shared) his love of nature and walks in local places with (him) and his pupils." Born in Bristol, England, on 2 June 1945, Richard Long studied at the West of England College of art, Bristol, from 1962 to 1965, and at St. Martin's School of Art, London, from 1966 to 1968. In 1964, Long was already making Land Art and exploring the idea of ​​impermanence, and began using walking as an art form in 1967. He rose to fame in the late 1960s and was part of a generation of British artists who extended the sculpture beyond the boundaries of traditional materials. As quoted on Long's website: In the Nature of Things: Art about Mobility, Lightness and Freedom. Simple creative acts of walking and marking places, premises...... in the center of the paper ...... methods in landscape art like what he does is habitual, I appreciate his dedication or obsession in walking, his interaction with the elements of the globe and how it found its place in doing so. Works Cited Long, R., Moorhouse, P. & Hooker, D. (2005 ). Walking the line. Great Britain: Thames and Hudson Ltd, London.Long, R. Richard Long. Retrieved from http://www.richardlong.org/.Kirkpatrick, C. (1994). Richard Long: No Where, Interview – Piers Arts Centre, Orkney. Retrieved from http://www.speperonewestwater.com/cgi-bin/iowa/articles/record.html?record=293.Dexter, E. (1991). Richard Long: Tate Gallery, London - Sculpture, p. 67. Retrieved from http://www.speperonewestwater.com/cgi-bin/iowa/articles/record.html?record=61.Tate, Artists Room: Richard Long. Retrieved November 10, 2011, from http://www.tate.org.uk/collection/artistrooms/artist.do?id=1525.