The path through the woods

''To write is to carve a new path through the terrain of the imagination, or to point out new features on a familiar route. To read is to travel through that terrain with the author as a guide - a guide one might not always agree with or trust, but who can at least be counted on to take one somewhere.''

 - Rebecca Solnit (Wanderlust)

''Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?'' 

 - Garth Nix (Sabriel)

 "All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."

  - Martin Buber

So at the end of this day, we give thanks
For being betrothed to the unknown.

- John O'Donohue

T he beautiful paintings above are illustrations for Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and Peter Dickinson's Merlin Dreams by Alan Lee. A look at the dark side of woodland journeys can be found in this previous post: The Dark Forest.