#The Art Of Pilgrimage

[remembertheplunge]

Beginning of an answer

9/7/2020. Monday 2:08pm 

out front. Espresso’s Coffee House: Pacific Ave, Stockton, Ca

“There were plenty of onlookers, but no witnesses.” In other words, we may log impressive miles in our travels but see nothing: we may follow all the advice in the travel magazines and still feel little enthusiasm.” Page xxi The Art of Pilgrimage

Our pilgrimage has taken us into a Land which Angela Davis said is one that she never experienced before—the confluence of pandemic and protest.

I agree with Angela—its a phenomenon—We have all awakened here on Bali-Hi.

But, as Ms Davis also said, it will pass—the mystical island will recede back into the fog of “normalcy”

Like the travelers described in the Art Of Pilgrimage (above) we have to see it—to embrace it while it is here. I feel fortunate to have lived to see this beginning of an answer—

Angela also said this is not the time to dismantle the police, but, instead, to evolve that institution.

Mavis Staples sings “Gotta change around here, say it loud, say it clear” as I write.

End of entry

Notes: 1/15/2025

Please see photos of the original 9/7/2020 entry in the next blog

Bali-Hi was a mystical island of magic in the musical “South Pacific"

The above journal entry was written in September of 2020 during the Covid Pandemic and the era of the massive George Floyd—Black Lives Matter protests. Angela Davis, a well known civil rights activist during the 1960’s, was acknowledging the power of the people’s movement then. Although she was right that it would pass and the streets would become quite, the Christian Nationalist response is now raging in the form of Trump 2.0

Kat Brooks, who hosts a show on KPFA radio, said yesterday on KPFA Hard Knock that “We are never going to get free in the halls of power. It’s in the streets…"

[uwhe-arts]

. . . | uwhe-arts

[littledozerdraws]

Diarmuid making The Mute feel safe 🥺 (timelapse video on patreon)

[daily-sifloop]

Hii can I get some uhhhh toxic yaoi? However the chef wishes to prepare it

Day 100: Princess and Knight AU

Or Day 81, but my brain took the prompt and ran with it.

Lore. or something:

In a world where the Island is all good and well, has a monarchy ruling over it and Siffrin is the heir to the throne. Cracking under the pressure of their position, Siffrin wants to escape, but is unable to leave his position empty, so in desperation he makes a wish for a "perfect replacement", except who could be a perfect replacement if not, well, themself! Loop is made, in that moment a being that has all of their knowledge and experiences but isn't "them" (point of view) seems perfect, they will do great! And Siffrin leaves, only to later realize that, hey, that's like them, literally them, they abandoned themself to a life that both of them hate.

Fast forward a couple of years, the Island is in political turmoil, the heir to the throne, Loop, is kidnapped by King, a member of an offshoot branch of the royal family that demands for a transfer of power. His base is in Vaugarde and outside of the Island's legislation, unable to send official forces, the royal family instead issues a notice "the one who saves the heir will get their hand in marriage", but as it goes with the Island it's not just a motivation for some hero, it's a wish, one made to keep the heir alive for that to happen.

Enter Siffrin, who became a wandering knight after his escape, currently travelling with the party (assembled for different reasons than canon). He catches word of what is happening with the island right now and well, he never stopped regretting what he did, but at some point all the marks left by the life outside the castle became too much to be able to seamlessly return to the life before. But isn't marrying someone you don't know, with no way to refuse just the worst? It's high time they stopped running running away from their responsibilities. So he dons his armour, leaves camp in secret under the cover of the night and goes to rescue.

When they see him, Loop is livid. Siffrin left them all this time to deal with his shit just to return now?? They reconvene with the party and it's time for the road to the Island, very tense and heartbreaking conversations, living up to responsibility, healing and severely confused onlookers.

[haematinon]

From my new illustrated novel, Ergo Cosmos : "The flesh quivers, fearful of the unknown, yet I remain tranquil! I know not the fate of body or soul, yet I trust the Universe: our joys shall be reborn, our sufferings shall fall into oblivion, and not even the smallest fragment of our cherished memories shall be lost."

There is a free chapter available, I will post a link in the notes!

[dramoor]

“The entire Christian life is a holy pilgrimage for each of us, in which we travel and strive to draw closer to Jesus Christ and His Truth. He is the One who calls us all to leave behind the daily routine and walk the path of holiness…”

~Archbishop Nikitas Loulias of Thyateira and Great Britain

(Art via etsy)

[heartserion]

years of pilgrimage

[madcat-world]

The Old Ways (1 of 9) - Arturo Gutierrez

[falcoworks]

Day 18 -- Pilgrimage

Travelers from the deep woods used lenses to keep the harsh light of the unfiltered sun of the surface from harming their eyes, as most were accustomed to the perpetual twilight of living beneath the thousand-yard-deep canopy.

[dk-thrive]

Avoid small talk. Embrace conversation. Buy a plant, water it. Make your bed. Make someone else's bed. Have a smart mouth, and quick wit. Run. Make art. Create. Swim in the ocean. Swim in the rain. Take chances. Ask questions. Make mistakes. Learn. Know your worth. Love fiercely. Forgive quickly. Let go of what doesn't make you happy.

— Paulo Coelho de Souza, "The Pilgrimage" (HarperCollins, 1987) (via Whiskey River)

[jo--2004]

[darkartfinds]

Peregrinación by Enys Guerrero

[illustratus]

Path to Kailas by Nicholas Roerich

[holmesoldfellow]

Half body statue of Sherlock Holmes outside of the Sherlock Art Hotel in Riga, Latvia

[fizzyxcustard]

My attempt at Raymond de Merville.

As I’ve specified many times, I’ve only got back into drawing the last 6 weeks or so. I’m well aware my drawings aren’t anywhere near what they could be and I have a lot to learn!

[marejadilla]

Keita Morimoto 森本啓太, “Pilgrimage”, 2016, oil on linen. B. 1990 Osaka, Japan. Based in Tokyo and Toronto.