Strictly Archaic

'Strictly Archaic' means committed to the very basics of life.  It has been a long time since I have turned so much of my inspiration to a Post!  With deepest respects to the ancient life I trace while land-running, and the "finds" I have come across... I will speak strictly archaic.  The "term” actually resonates with me because this is the essence of many people’s hearts when they lace their shoes up and make ready for their regular distance run.  Our mind releases itself to a strictly archaic place where we will not simply be outside, yet we can actually become a part of the wilderness!  Our running expression is no less "wild" than the ground we cover & air we breathe!  Holistic Distance Running!

My trails across the ancient life!  Listen closely to the following quote: “The desert winds would salt their ruins and there would be nothing, no spirit or scribe, to tell any pilgrim in his passing how it was that people had lived in this place and in this place had died. ~ Cormac McCarthy” (Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanche, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History)  This last year in land-running; covering some 3,000 miles; I have traced the steps of the American Indian.  I have been discovering their ancient hunting grounds.  It has been unforgettable!  Life & running has changed for me! 

As for archeology, the last month has been relatively slow.  The earth has been silent and undisturbed by machine.  Still, with the keen understanding gained of sacred places, I have still been able to return to the earth and find the abundant traces of their steps… for the Amerind were daily after the needs of their life and the food which would sustain them.  Through this season of the winter rye grasses, small fruits of ancient stone work in arrowheads can still be discovered IF the location is exact.  The images attached continue to tell of their pilgrimage!

To make a long story short; strictly archaic; these small tokens are feasibly the oldest remains of our own humanity findable.  They average 4000BC and each piece speaks through ages untold of an individual’s desire, ambition, need and personal expression.  If we could take a moment to peel away the layers of our own materialism… if we could sink back through our own modernity… then this people’s life might be seen for its purity & strength and help our own expression.  But as it is today, the year 2013, most cannot imagine the basics of human life and the joys which might inherently exist in our own instinct.    

THIS is the place where holistic distance running helps bridge the gap!  Run on long distance runners and think of life differently!  “The universe is wider than our views of it.” ~ H.D. Thoreau