You’re walking on an overgrown forest trail, or you’re driving down a lonely dirt road, or you’re lost in the maze of identical looking corridors in a badly designed shopping mall which was built in the 1980s and was recently upgraded but not, apparently, with any budget for signage.
Finally someone puts some respect on the Into the Wild soundtrack! I listened to that over and over in 2008. The movie still makes me cry every time.
As for waymarkers, one time I went Randonauting and stumbled upon a lion statue guarding a homeless encampment in the middle of the woods. It seemed sacred, somehow.
Loved reading this - looking forward to what is to come from you. Saturn is an incredible song, in fact most of Sleeping at Last! Can’t wait to begin pairing music with books too.
I love the way you write. Your gentleness with words encourages me back to being a pilgrim. Looking forward to sharing the next part of your journey
Beautiful
Thank you! Great to have you on the trail with me
I was always so bad at inukshuks.
Ah but maybe your talents lie in constructing literary inukshuks...
I can hope!
Nice! Discerning waymarkers (both their existence and meaning) is challenging indeed, but very important.
Agreed. Sometimes they're easier to recognise in retrospect...
Finally someone puts some respect on the Into the Wild soundtrack! I listened to that over and over in 2008. The movie still makes me cry every time.
As for waymarkers, one time I went Randonauting and stumbled upon a lion statue guarding a homeless encampment in the middle of the woods. It seemed sacred, somehow.
Also I wrote an essay on Into the Wild in more detail here, if you're interested: https://open.substack.com/pub/waymarkers/p/its-only-real-when-its-shared?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3h3ksq
Definitely interested! Will check it out. Thanks!
I listen to Eddie Vedder's songs from the soundtrack a lot, they are so good.
Fascinating experience with the lion statue. What do you feel that signified or directed you toward?
At least to me it seemed to signify that the most vulnerable among us were protected.
Loved reading this - looking forward to what is to come from you. Saturn is an incredible song, in fact most of Sleeping at Last! Can’t wait to begin pairing music with books too.