At Water's Edge | Karen Kao
Abandon the shoes that had brought you here right at water’s edge This line comes from a magnificent poem called Finisterre . It was written by David Whyte , a poet, speaker, and healer of souls. I met him not long after I had abandoned my own shoes. Finisterre is about pilgrimage: the ancient road to Santiago de Compostelo and the village that lies beyond, perched at the end of the world. It’s a poem about journeys, impossibilities and redemption. You, too, can come to the end of the earth and walk on water. on the road All writers start out on the same road. For some, the writing alone is enough. Writing is good. It cleans the blood and opens the pores. You can feel more when you write. For years, I wrote and then I stopped. I felt too much. The moth emerges from its chrysalis to become a butterfly; I only wanted to crawl back inside and hide. It’s easy to do. You fill your calendar with things to do, right away, more and more an...