Mapping out dozens of deeply focused trips around the world has convinced me that preparation no more spoils the chance for spontaneity… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
Reading old travel books or novels set in faraway places, spinning globes, unfolding maps, playing world music, eating in ethnic restaurants, meeting… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
Inspiration is a message-in-a-bo ttle from the distant shore, a window into the other world, a tap of the muse's finger, the… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
Pilgrimage means being alert to the times when all that's needed is a trip to a remote place to simply lose yourself, and to… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
“derives from the 14th-century word Old French aleurer, to attract, captivate, and more exotically, to train a falcon to hunt. The roots are à,… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
Imagine the wheel of time turning in a seemingly endless round, revealing that the beginning is the end of another beginning. This is the… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won't light. — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
There is an unknown room in the soul that is constantly turning the stuff of daydreams into myths for us, helping us to get… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
I am convinced that pilgrimage is still a bona fide spirit-renewing ritual. But I also believe in pilgrimage as a powerful metaphor for any… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
“the startling line in J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, where Captain Hook is described: “The man isn’t wholly evil; he has a thesaurus in… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
Pilgrimage is a powerful metaphor for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler. — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
The creative urge matters. Stories matter. Images matter. It matters that you were born with a genius, a guiding spirit, a daimon that may… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
