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Horizons: A Manifesto for Wayfinders
Prelude in Departure Lounge
The fluorescent hum of airports
(that great liminal cathedral)
whispers the first truth of travel:
all true journeys begin
in the surrender of certainty
Anti-Itinerary
Burn your bucket list
Scatter the ashes in:
The 3am diner where truckers speak in road-worn poetry
The Moroccan pharmacy where saffron and stories are sold by weight
The Kyoto backstreet where maple leaves conspire with gravity
Principles of Disorientation
a) Getting lost is the only way to be found
b) Jetlag is just your soul catching up with your body
c) The most important phrases in any language:
“What is this?”
“Tell me more”
“Thank you”
Field Notes from the In-Between
Observed: how train windows
turn strangers into temporary confidants
how border crossings
make philosophers of us all
how hotel pens
write differently than home pens
The Alchemy of Return
What you bring back:
Sand from a Croatian beach in your left shoe
The recipe for that Bangkok street vendor’s smile
The realization that “normal” was always arbitrary
Postcard from the Next Journey
(Found blank in a Berlin flea market)
The unwritten rule:
the best destinations
are those that rewrite
the traveler
Colophon:
This text should be read
while slightly lost
preferably with a ticket stub
serving as bookmark