04/04/2026
💚 💜 Happy wandering and wondering and trusting the path forward!! 🙌 😊
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There is a kind of magic that comes with not knowing exactly where you’re going. Just wandering for its own sake, something I often do both in the world and in my own mind. I love to explore the quiet lanes, the untrodden paths without having a sense of where I want to end up,.
Society encourages us to move with purpose, to set goals, to know our next step - which is often a necessity in a male-centric world. The world asks for certainty, for direction, for the neatness of a path well-planned, yet as women we are messier than that. And yes, there is an art to wandering—a way of being in the world that embraces curiosity over certainty, movement over arrival.
Many cultures have long understood wandering as a sacred act. The mystics of old—desert hermits, Celtic pilgrims, the Sufis and the poets—walked not to escape but to seek. In Japan, the wandering monk (komusō) would play the shakuhachi flute as a form of meditation, his journey itself a spiritual practice. In the Romani tradition, movement is woven into identity—a way of life that embraces the road as home.
To wander is to trust. It is to listen to the subtle pull of the unseen, to recognize that not all answers come when we demand them.
In life, we are not always given clear directions. There are seasons where we must step forward without knowing where the road leads. The wanderess understands this, and moves not because she is lost but because something inside her tells her there is more to see, more to know, more to become.
Maybe you are in such a season now—on the threshold of change, unsure of what comes next. If so, I offer this: Do not fear the wandering. There is wisdom in the unmarked path, in the slow steps taken without rush. The world reveals itself to those who take the time to see it.
And sometimes, the only way to find where you belong is to first allow yourself to roam.
“Woman of the Wild”
Mixed Media
2016
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