Hi everyone, thanks for coming along a trip around the world (and to the park) in our pilgrimage lecture! And for those of you who missed class, the homework assignment due next week is something you will actually be handing in so please make sure to download the homework doc and if you can, chat with someone in the class to get the gist of this pilgrimage journey you will be designing.
In the words of the Brazilian novelist and mystic Paulo Coelho (author of books like The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage):
"When you travel, you experience, in a very practical way, the act of a rebirth. You confront completely new situations, the day passes more slowly, and on most journeys you don't even understand the language the people speak. So you are like a child just out of the womb. You begin to attach much more importance to the things around you because your survival depends on them. You begin to be more accessible to others because they may be able to help you in difficult situations. And you accept any small favor from the gods with great delight, as if it were an episode you would remember fro the rest of your life." (from The Pilgrimage)
