I think the theme this week has been pilgrimage. Being haunted by the idea of a long walkabout these days, I guess it's no surprise. Lost and found cousins, dusty paths, open roads and artistic yearnings have swirled in my dreams. Twitter even conspired to offer up Brain Pickings' list of the 11 Best Photography Books of 2011. The entire list is pleasure, of course the first book is Annie Leibovitz's beautiful "Pilgrimage". I want to travel and photograph like that. I want to be a nomad with a camera (and I realise in my own small way I have achieved that). Inspired to purchase a copy, I headed off to the bookshop where Camino longing got me searching further and I also picked-up this book by Arthur Paul Boers about his pilgrimage there. I'm thoroughly enjoying his thoughtful writing. It has, for me, the right amount of religious reflection to go deeper than many of the other Camino books I've read. I've been listening this morning to a CBC Tapestry interview with him. So wonderful. And as much as I yearn to physically be there on the Camino, I realise I am always already on that path. This influx of renewed perspective, deeper things to ponder, seems perfect timing for someone about to leave friends and loved ones, my dear sweet Ottawa home of the last twelve years. And as the thought of going gets more real, it gets sadder and tinged with loss. I am a wanderer again.
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