Thanks Caroline for wonderful writing! Bringing me back to the best parts of the pilgrimage to Glasgow I took part in 2021. Some of the most wonderful days were when we walked along the sea in Northumberland, perhaps especially between The Holy Island of Lindisfarne up towards Edinburgh. I get inspired to write about it when I read your text / Nicklas
Beautiful.....you evoke the raw elements and subtle energies embedded in the planetary gnosis ... and the gentle Jonathan at Clearwell, from whom I ordered some ochres for my wife here in Canada, whose ancestors were also freeminers . My own ancestors left flint tools in the soils of my grandfather”s farm for us to discover a few thousand years later in a place now called Denmark. So this revelation of flint’s origins is mind blowing. What then obsidian? Dragons blood? I once encountered a translation of jade as dragons sperm- unverified, but sufficiently compelling to never question otherwise. Thanks for this invitation to get back outside to interface with the genius loci, as often as possible- but never often enough
Slartibartfast's link isn't working. Is he still pining for fjords?
'...it became clear that the best postures for a human to meet the land are walking, externally, and wonder, inwardly': yes!
Thanks Caroline for wonderful writing! Bringing me back to the best parts of the pilgrimage to Glasgow I took part in 2021. Some of the most wonderful days were when we walked along the sea in Northumberland, perhaps especially between The Holy Island of Lindisfarne up towards Edinburgh. I get inspired to write about it when I read your text / Nicklas
Thanks for the mention!
Beautiful.....you evoke the raw elements and subtle energies embedded in the planetary gnosis ... and the gentle Jonathan at Clearwell, from whom I ordered some ochres for my wife here in Canada, whose ancestors were also freeminers . My own ancestors left flint tools in the soils of my grandfather”s farm for us to discover a few thousand years later in a place now called Denmark. So this revelation of flint’s origins is mind blowing. What then obsidian? Dragons blood? I once encountered a translation of jade as dragons sperm- unverified, but sufficiently compelling to never question otherwise. Thanks for this invitation to get back outside to interface with the genius loci, as often as possible- but never often enough
Today’s gift is a new perception
‘…a fecund absence...’
The building blocks of life. That absence is there in all and everything.
A different lens to view the world can be so suddenly and disturbingly exciting! Thank you
I wish I could say something, but the writing is beautiful and I would only be interfering.
Beautiful. I can imagine I've heard you read it even when I don't click the play button.