Images from our show

Congratulations to all for a spectacular show. I think it is safe to say that the work you all did was top-notch and impressed everyone who saw it. Here are a few images from the exhibition. Thanks for working so hard.

Zoe

Andy

Rebecca

Andrew

Matt

Mitch

Emily

Elise

Cameron

The Best Photo From Our Trip

Some Photos from Our Glencoe Misadventures

Part of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was filmed at Glencoe (Hagrid's hut was built there). Monty Python and the Holy Grail was partially filmed there too (the bridge where Tim asks the knights their favorite colors), as well as the movies Highlander and Rob Roy.
http://www.glencoescotland.com/p/v/harry-potter/

SSS

Shelter Site Selection

Military Handbook on Survival

Psychology of Survival

Most Popular Ways to Die in the Wilderness

http://www.survivaltopics.com/survival/most-popular-ways-to-die-in-the-wilderness/

Just keepin' it real! Camping this weekend is gonna be awesome!

The artists we talked about who viewed walking as art reminded me of the sacred labyrinths I saw last summer at a monastery in Prague.
They come in three basic designs- seven-circuit, eleven-circuit, and twelve-circuit.

Labyrinths have been around for over 4000 years, and have been found in Native American, Greek, Celtic, and Mayan cultures. During the Crusades they were used to symbolize the path to salvation, while some cultures used them to symbolize the Earth. Unlike mazes, which have many dead ends and are meant to trick the person walking through them, labyrinths have only one path to walk and only one outcome, and no decisions to be made. They are used as a meditation tool- a person enters, walks to the center, and then walks back out. This type of walking meditation is sometimes known as "body prayer," although walking the labyrinth doesn't always have to be connected to religion- sometimes it's just used for clearing the mind, while some people enter with a specific concern they want to reflect on while they walk.

More information of the history of labyrinths can be found here.

Stuff about Stuff

Go check out Emily Jacir's piece "Crossing Surda" at the GOMA for some more art-walk inspiration!


And here is a shot of one of David Shrigley's pieces from our trip to Kelvingrove, a more loose method of mapping. And just for kicks, a wee shelter from Stonypath