I slept the sleep of no return, and when I awoke I had almost forgotten at how I had found myself in this place. What was it Enchanteur had said?- “Find your vessel and guide- and pay the ferryman?” I arose and oriented myself- Rainbow Beach was a wonderful colourful place to be sure, but it also seemed a little unreal and where were my fellow travellers? I wound my way down to the waterfront to find a lone boat tied to the pier.
It summoned me- recalling a name from the past- A Stairway to Heaven-a memory from the time before time- was I to carry some of the past into this journey and refabricate it for the future? There was no doubt that the boat was to be my vessel, there was no one around.
As I apporached the boat I found a flyer pinned to the pier. A reminder notice ,that all travellers were to attend a pageant- but it did not say exactly where. Bring something old , something new and something borrowed, it said. I had something old in my bag and something new , but nothing borrowed as I had no idea when I would return from this journey and in any case I always travel very light. I had brought my old teapot from travels in another time and place and because you just never knew when you would want a cup of tea and make a wish, and I had worked the teapot shape into a a small textile piece just in case I lost the real teapot on the journey.
I felt the teapot in my bag, and rubbed it like a talisman- it always sent me off to somewhere- in pursuit of some dream or thought or wish . And just for good measure I also rubbed my hand along the surface of my textile piece- the texture feeling rich and reassuring. I was ready!
2 Comments
January 6, 2008 at 10:56 pm
You most certainly are ready Djanne.
January 17, 2008 at 2:21 pm
this has to be a magic lantern which, when rubbed, will produce all sorts of interesting possibilities