Welcome to week thirty-three. This week, Davide reflects in his expedition journey on the layers of meaning brought to his attention at Caravan, and the question of what he loves.
Excerpt:
Verity’s questions have me spinning a bit. Her questions about the horizontal world are a bit unsettling. I expect to be questioned in Caravan. The events in Caravan have layers of meaning and call me to interpret them symbolically, metaphorically, and archetypically. I’m not used to thinking of my horizontal world life as though it was orchestrated to help me see something. That I would imagine it to be different seems to demonstrate how asleep in it I am most of the time. Yes, it is another pilgrimage. Perhaps the other end of a pole created with great love by the One.
Since Verity asked me to be aware of what I love, it was a cleansing rain to my heart to realize or remember that I do in fact love. I love beauty wherever I find it. I love the visual and performing arts, or at least most of them. I loved learning as I was growing up and still do. I love discovering, creating, and making connections. I’m happy to learn I love the horizontal world after all, and its people most of the time. I love things made with craft, with loving care and a sense of soul. What does this mean to me now?
The Caravan of Remembering, Chapter 9, Creating Possibilities, p.167