(yes, it is) 23 of May – 26 of June I’ll be one of three residents in the project Walking Peace in the Avian Kingdom in Sweden, organised by ARNA at the very spot where two pilgrim trails meet in Harlösa. Walking Peace is a green, slow and peaceful way of making new connections across cultural backgrounds and religions, creating art as a statement for peace while walking. Afterwards I'll be researching the pioneer life in Värmland.

25.5.13

walking

we started in the middle

the Pilgrim Way Skåne Blekinge is a part of the long route connecting Santiago de Compostella in Spain, Vadstena in Sweden and Nidaros in Norway
we will walk a part of it, starting at the west coast this monday, May 27, and finishing 15 days later on June 11 at the east coast of Sweden

today we walked a middle section of the route, the part ending in Harlösa
a kick-off

beginning in the middle is strange
is it really a beginning?

we were driven to Silväkra to start the walk
i was thinking of Peace Pilgrim (more about her later) who for a long time refused to accept lifts because she wanted to walk only

i wondered if it makes sense to start all our walking days in a car being driven to the stretch of the pilgrim route we have to walk on that day

but when we started walking i forgot about any question i had

ah .................

to put one foot in front of the other
to stop the thinking
to just be
be walking