Withdrawal to a garden functions as a survival tactic, not evasion

Evidence

But after the election, I started going to the Rose Garden almost every day. This wasn’t exactly a conscious decision; it was more of an innate movement, like a deer going to a salt lick or a goat going to the top of a hill. What I would do there is nothing. I’d just sit there. And although I felt a bit guilty about how incongruous it seemed—beautiful garden versus terrifying world—it really did feel like a necessary survival tactic. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 48

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• QUESTION: Directly feeds the reader’s privilege critique: is the Rose Garden a survival tactic available only to someone living five minutes from it with free time?