Yesterday we arrived in Cusco where we met our amigo Lorenzo, who is a Q'ero elder and is our host in peru for this journey and our film. We also met a new friend, Carrie, at a local ex pat cafe called jack's. We were all hungry and tired after our over night flight and when our food arrived without stopping or thinking we dove into the food like a pack of animals and began to devour it. Lorenzo and Carrie's food arrived a minute later and i looked up from my feeding trough and in unison and in the same focused energy they held their hands over their food and muttered a small blessing of thanks before they began to eat. the contrast in energy and behavior was remarkable.
Later that evening we told lorenzo what we noticed about our selves. he smiled and said, so from now on , you will slow down and pay attention ...
Today the six of us in our little crew climbed aboard a local bus and road out of cusco to a sacred apus called waina picol. (waina means the feminine apus) and there he performed a ceremony called a despacho, an offering to pacha mama, to introduce us to the apus and to ask for protection and blessings on our journey and with our project. as our despacho was burning an eagle soared overhead. It was a sign of great luck, according to Lorenzo.
I think that we all felt more present, more focused. and when we returned to cusco later that day and sat in a tiny little restaurant for lunch, we all without hesitation held our hands over our food in acknowledgement of pacha mama, of our being human and the great gift that is and that we are here and the earth is always here for us. gratitude... overwhelming awe and gratitude. and we are doing it. we somehow are here, in peru, the guests of the q'uero and being given tremendous support by Jorge Luis Delgado, and we are making a movie that we hope will bring everyone who sees it across the hummingbird bridge with us.
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