The two nature guides Henry Fletcher and Jay Simpson, lead walking artist residencies and conservation camps along ancient herding routes in the jagged landscape of Iceland’s Westfjords with its glaciers, moss-green mountains, hot springs, black sand beaches, and basalt cliffs. 

Confined to their homes due to the pandemic, Henry and Jay started to distill their six years of field experiences into a book project. “Our materials invite the reader to find their way through the Westfjords or to ‘wayfind’ using the practices of wild-walking and camping, foraging, storytelling, ceremony and ritual, creative response and engagement with the region’s cultural ecology,” reads the description on their website. They are about to publish three guidebooks via a Kickstarter campaign. It includes maps with satellite imagery and GPS data to navigate 21 herding routes. In this episode, Henry and Jay will share their knowledge of the Westfjord region and why walking in the wild aligns so well with the creative process.


Additional Information:
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