I’ve been thinking about drawing as a way to store information about a walking route, after reading about the Australian Aboriginal practice of songlines, and the more western approach of creating memory palaces.
Along my walk this afternoon I picked up a stone between Harcles Hill and Pilgrims Cross. At the site of the cross I sat and drew a pivotal moment of that walk from memory, using charcoal and chalk directly onto the stone. The drawing serves as a portal for the walk, and the specific conditions and memories from it. It is a making-with the land.