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Route
33: The Magic Road is a road
etched in the imagination of its
travelers. The name may echo "Route 66: The Historic Road." Yet,
it is a different
kind of road, a road that travel in circles within a state, a road that
may
cover the same distance (2400 miles,) but one that wants to get inside
a place.
Route 33: The Magic Road, a pilgrimage, will take this first traveler
to every
county of New Mexico-33 in all.
What does an art pilgrim do? Listening is the medium of choice, listening
deeply to the people I meet. As a weaver, the connections I make are
the bells
of Indra's net*. As a seeker of peace, I gear the conversation toward
the
passion driving my life, "What is peace?"
What do I expect to come out of Route 33: The Magic Road? As a pilgrim,
I
look forward to a certain destination. This is human. The truth is that
what
the form will be I don't absolutely know, except I intend it to be an
adventure
of the spirit. My steps will connect people all over the State. The result
may be a book of stories and photos, maybe a deck of cards-a great weaving of
some kind, a road map of a State's heart?
* In the Hindu myth, the god Indra once wove a net to encompass the world,
and at each knot fastened a bell. Thus nothing could stir-not a person,
not a leaf on a tree, not a single emotion-without ringing a bell, which
would, in turn, set all the others to ringing. — Gregg
Levoy
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