Holy shit, this was a captivating read. I felt like I was on that hike with Hannah the whole way. It's my favorite Strange Pilgrims read so far.
And, I love this from the interview: "So my advice is to become a student of your envy and then respond accordingly. Submit boldly and take risks you might otherwise talk yourself out of. Then, try to stop measuring your progress against someone else’s pace. Stop looking sideways and return to yourself. The work only moves when you do."
There's so much good stuff in this, I am torn about what specifically to pull out and restack... (it is a good problem to have.)
This is such a great read. Truly, took me right to where you are all the way from the other side of the world. I miss California. ‘Become a student of your envy’ I will carry this with me. Thank you.
Hannah, this is a brilliantly evocative piece! I felt like I was journeying with you throughout, not losing track at all, just fixating on every line. The way you interweaved your own life through your trail on Hill 88 is remarkable. Thank you for sharing this!! I'm going to restack this one and share it with my friends, too!! And, thanks for the cerebral advice at the end: to submit boldly [I'll engrave this one in my mind :)].
Wow! Gorgeous writing and hauntingly beautiful photos. The part that’ll stay with me most: “I collapse in this familiar place of endings and beginnings, an upward spiral. My legs are sore and heavy but I am light, like the space between atoms rearranging.”
Wow, this piece is incredibly sticky. It will linger with me for quite sometime. I appreciate how Hannah juxtaposes her experience with her ancestral history and the stories that live in her body. Stunning.
How beautiful. I was drawn in by the photos at diets, the desolateness of them, then I started reading and was instantly sucked in. It's a piece that manages to be both meandering and focused at the same time, and I can't work out how it was done. 🙏🏼🤓
What an astonishingly rich essay, so full of poetic truth and thinking in flight. It's both dreamy and sharp, the way life is. I love when a piece of writing says something that feels deeply true yet impacts in this way because it says so in words you'd never imagined.
Holy shit, this was a captivating read. I felt like I was on that hike with Hannah the whole way. It's my favorite Strange Pilgrims read so far.
And, I love this from the interview: "So my advice is to become a student of your envy and then respond accordingly. Submit boldly and take risks you might otherwise talk yourself out of. Then, try to stop measuring your progress against someone else’s pace. Stop looking sideways and return to yourself. The work only moves when you do."
There's so much good stuff in this, I am torn about what specifically to pull out and restack... (it is a good problem to have.)
thank you for reading! 🤍🤍
"a geography of walls built to divide the land from itself, cement dripping into the deep" this line... beautiful.
thank you so much!
Wow! Thankyou for sharing. I loved this imagery in particular:
‘The sky is surrounding. Not blue but ash—the color of pencil erased from a page with no answer.’
This line in particular struck me also!
thank you!!!
I will reread this and cry a bit more, and then I’ll finally figure out what to say.
Thank you, and yes! And again thank you.
This is such a great read. Truly, took me right to where you are all the way from the other side of the world. I miss California. ‘Become a student of your envy’ I will carry this with me. Thank you.
“The earth here is fighting no one.” Lyrical and embodied, with strong image-work
Hannah, this is a brilliantly evocative piece! I felt like I was journeying with you throughout, not losing track at all, just fixating on every line. The way you interweaved your own life through your trail on Hill 88 is remarkable. Thank you for sharing this!! I'm going to restack this one and share it with my friends, too!! And, thanks for the cerebral advice at the end: to submit boldly [I'll engrave this one in my mind :)].
Wow! Gorgeous writing and hauntingly beautiful photos. The part that’ll stay with me most: “I collapse in this familiar place of endings and beginnings, an upward spiral. My legs are sore and heavy but I am light, like the space between atoms rearranging.”
Wow, this piece is incredibly sticky. It will linger with me for quite sometime. I appreciate how Hannah juxtaposes her experience with her ancestral history and the stories that live in her body. Stunning.
that means so much to me, thank you for reading!
This is amazing.
This is absolute Gold! I’m so proud of you hannah! 💗
thank you! I couldn't have written it without all the ongoing support & community in Gather 🥰
Hannah!!! I love this!!
thank you, Coley!
How beautiful. I was drawn in by the photos at diets, the desolateness of them, then I started reading and was instantly sucked in. It's a piece that manages to be both meandering and focused at the same time, and I can't work out how it was done. 🙏🏼🤓
so grateful for your close read & thank you for the kind words!
*at first*, not "diets" Stupid auto correct 🙄
My god this is incredible.
thank you 🤍
What an astonishingly rich essay, so full of poetic truth and thinking in flight. It's both dreamy and sharp, the way life is. I love when a piece of writing says something that feels deeply true yet impacts in this way because it says so in words you'd never imagined.
gah thank you for the reflection, I appreciate it so much!