Drawing inspiration from Dee Heddon’s walking libraries and the book Home Altars of New Mexico, Thread and Word’s Walking Shrines is a walk which takes you on a journey through books, poetry, Margate and the passion and following these engender.
At selected spots in Margate books were introduced and then a small shrine was made and marked with a moment of contemplation, expressing our gratitude to the authors, their books and Margate for the community and the difference this collaborative engagement can make to our lives.
There is a short video link (14 minutes) of the walk included at the end of Virginia Fitch’s reflections.
Virginia Fitch Takes a few minutes to reflect on the experience of taking part in Thread and Word’s ‘A Walk with Shrines” at The Margate Bookie
Virginia Fitch reflecting on her experience of A Walk with Shrines with images of her Ofrendas made for the book The Hoarder by Jess Kidd, here a link :
