Interview with David Whyte: ‘Life is full of invitations’
Through the land: a short history of pilgrimage
To be a Pilgrim: the quests of six artists, activists, believers
Beautiful Questions: to start a conversation
Awakening: from Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha
Sacred Textiles: Olga de Amaral, Sayan Chanda en Gaston Ugalde
Lucio Fontana, Agnes Pelton, Robert Smithson: exploring circles in art
Go back to where you came from: a short story by Ali Smith
A personal repertoire of David Whyte’s 12 favourite pilgrimages
The people to watch: chefs, artists, poets, zen teachers
A curated guide of your new favourite spots in Rome by Jessica Collins and Iwan Baan
Books, gifts and exhibition tips for the upcoming season
‘We think we know what we are talking about, the meaning of things, the basic rules of language, until we read David Whyte’s work, where we are forced to reassess everything and begin again’ – Nick Cave
Six pilgrims bring us along on their journeys. The ‘why’ behind their quests varies from soul to soul. Mountain climber Wasfia Nazreen has faced the world’s highest peaks to connect to the ‘true identity of the mountain’. Nomadic artist Sven Signe paces his life to rhythms outside the status quo. Pierre H. Brinker explores what it means to exist in a body as it moves through sickness. Artist Agnes Denes is no longer able to travel but the seeds of her art carry across the world. Naïma Asouaguia’s pilgrimage to Mecca reinvigorated her faith, while nuclear disarmament activist Satish Kumar walked for peace.