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The Journey Begins with a Single Stepping Sound

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The Journey Begins with a Single Stepping Sound

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Listening to the rush of impatience - cars darting around the humble roundabout, like they have nowhere else to be, other than their own destination. The trains in the background, moving swiftly between the stations and it is here, for the moment I am to ponder. Standing in this moment betwixt and between, neither invisible or noticed by the passers-by. The roundabout at that perfect cross-road: that split-second decision to travel the roads well-known or to venture off, unexpected, into an adventure unplanned. The roads glistening with the slickness of the falling rain, barely heard by anyone at all. If it is noticed by anyone, more likely an inconvenience, rather than the nurturing flow that slakes the thirst of the plants and animals, hidden away.

Here, at this roundabout, this very modern cross-road, I consider the possibilities - all the stories I have read: the myths and the legends of the realms of Faerie; the gateways and borders that could be found right here, of all places. What wonders would lie in wait, should I step out, and across the pathways into the unknown? Could I find myself swallowed whole, deep within the land of Faerie, or step into yet another realm of myth and legend, simply for being at a cross-road, where  magic can happen, in the blink of one's eye?

What if I were change direction, instead of travelling with the traffic flow of the main street? What then? If I were to follow the road I could barely see beyond a block or two, instead of walking the same direction, or to turn around and go back - what would await me, should I be courageous enough to try? What stories would the streets share with me, as I would wander along the road less travelled? Who, or what would my new companions be, as I move ever forward along a road less walked upon?

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My attempt to analyse my Parallaxis Experience 

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1) The Train - A Means to a Destination; 2) The Tracks Between the Trees - As We Disappear From View; 3) Water on the Roads - A Mirror into Another World; 4) The Roundabout - Crossroads, Decisions, Choices that Affect the Course of One's Life Path

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1) The Train - A Means to a Destination; 2) The Tracks Between the Trees - As We Disappear From View; 3) Water on the Roads - A Mirror into Another World; 4) The Roundabout - Crossroads, Decisions, Choices that Affect the Course of One's Life Path

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1) The Train - A Means to a Destination
When we travel by train, we can go either one or two directions, as dictated by the tracks - like life trying to get us to live according to the status quo. I was re-watching the TED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson, about how the joys of creativity are usually squeezed out of the children by the Education system, and it made me realise the reality the trains themselves are: They have nothing creative to guide them, only the tracks they are on, and the drivers controlling everything they do, from when they stop, to the speeds at which they travel. By watching the trains travel by, in one direction or the other, as commanded by their tracks, they have become the metal embodiment of a lack of creativity.

2) The Tracks Between the Trees - Disappearing from View
The overhead wires and tracks can easily lead into the hidden world beyond what we see. When we consider the levels of depth of the idea of Parallaxis and how we can easily slip into another level of our perceived realities when we initially follow the path, before we find ourselves noticing another indication of a world below the world we know.

3) Water on the Road - A Mirror into Another World
Mirrors are simply reflective surfaces: Anything can be a mirror, and a wet road can become a surface to look upon, and into. Mirrors themselves have often been considered portals into other realms throughout the ages, including the age-old practice of covering mirrors when a person dies - preventing them from becoming captured beyond the surface.

4) The Roundabout - Crossroads, decisions, choices that affect the course of one's life path

Crossroads have been a pivotal point, and considered sacred ground in many of the classical pantheons - most commonly linked to stories about the Greek Titan Goddess Hecate - Queen of Witches, and of the Crossroads. Any specific workings to do with seemingly impossible choices and guidance-seeking, practitioners would come to the Crossroads to seek counsel from the Goddess, who has been depicted with hounds and torches.

We are rarely reminded that our choices have consequences, until it is too late, and the consequences are upon us. Sometimes, our choices leave us stagnate, left to follow the crowd, and yet when we take the chance, and make that choice, changing our life direction - it can take us down the Rabbit-Hole and onto a new, potentially life-long journey of discovery of the world as we once knew it, and of ourselves.

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Pic.Collage for AT02 - Response to Parallaxis Experience

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Gaiman, N 1997, Neverwhere, Woodlands, London, BBC Books.

Kilby, J, The Parallaxis - A Game of Walking Between Worlds, viewed 30th May 2022, <http://www.the-parallaxis.com/>

Robinson, K 2007, Do Schools Kill Creativity? TED Talks, online video, viewed 1 June 2022, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY>