cammnindando & practice | Finding the Axis Mundi at Sunset by the Geelong Waterfront

 

camminando | Geelong: Revisiting the Christmas Tree

 

camminando & practice | Overcoming Fear of Snakes at Dog Rocks

While the sun was setting in the south west horizon, I had a crucial life experience: the conquer of my fear of snakes —literal snakes. I ventured by myself with caution in an area which has witnessed the presence of poisonous snakes: Dog Rocks.
The takeaway: life is crowded with 'poisonous snakes'. The majority are metaphorical yet dangerously poisonous as the liberal ones. But often the main danger is the crippling fear.

This morning at sunrise I repeated the walk. Hundreds of sheeps were crowning the rocks. During my walk I stop for my practice "Finding the Axis Mundi" enjoying the magical landscape from an upside down standpoint.

camminando | Shift of Coordinates: Dog Rocks

I am enjoying the encounter between art and landscape while appreciating the kindness of my hosts.

camminando | Becoming Aware of Pilgrimage in Viterbo, the CIty of Lions, Walls and Clocks | Day 1

While meanderings in the medieval city of Viterbo I have an insight into the meaning of my relentless walking of the past years. While approaching Via San Pellegrino I suddenly realize that I am a contemporary pilgrim. Walking for me has been not only a means of knowing —and experiencing places— but a spiritual practice. Each step is an encounter between my body and the surface of the earth. Walking is an embodiment of the relationship between the self and the world; it is recorded by GPS and superimposed to maps. I find an aesthetic intent in every walk, and the art production is in the cartographies generated by mapping my steps into different representations of the earth surface.
Even the movement sequence "Finding the Axis Mundi" is somehow analogous to the Buddhist prostration.
My pilgrimage in Viterbo has been reconnecting me with the meaning of symbols in the cities. Some of the most recognizable features of Viterbo urban places, have become a meditation on walls, doors, clocks, and...lions. The lion of the city coat of arms is present everywhere:fountains, shrines, corners of palaces. Shall I find meaning in the strength of the lion? Definitely my life path these days is crowded with hyenas and vultures...Porta della Verità is already providing the answer.