• Satish Kumar giving his talk on 'Being a Pilgrim'
  • Pilgrim's way installed in my studio July 2018
  • Satish Kumar and James P Graham
  • 'Pilgrim's way' installed in my studio July 2018
  • 'Pilgrim's way' installed in my studio July 2018
  • Satish Kumar giving his talk on 'Being a Pilgrim'
  • Siân Sutherland and Frederikke Magnussen telling the audience about A Plastic Planet
  • Aliums in the garden, the material of choice for 'Pilgrim's way'

Pilgrim’s Way

Dried aliums, stainless steel wire, watercolour

A work inspired by a talk in my studio on ‘Being a Pilgrim’ given by the ecological philosopher Satish Kumar. I used the Allium because it is a plant which symbolises unity, humility and patience, qualities that Satish talked alot about. Following his address Frederikke Magnussen and Sean Sutherland discussed their movement ‘A Plastic Planet’ which has done so much to raise awareness of the environmental catastrophe caused by world dependancy on plastic. You can hear the discussion below.

https://soundcloud.com/jamespgraham/satish-kumar-being-a-pilgrim