On The Road
“What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.”― Jack Kerouac, On the Road
The Road is a Frequency
When I was twenty-eight years old, I packed up my ‘98 Jeep and drove across the country with my best friend to follow my dreams of moving West and living in California. Those two weeks on the road changed my life. It changed how I saw myself and the world around me. Forever altering my idea of time, freedom, material possessions, and what it truly means to be alive.
I had quickly come to realize that the road, in all its glory, was the truest act of living, the realist form of exploration, and the closest thing we had ever felt to freedom.
-Excerpt from my journal, 2017
The feeling of not knowing what lay ahead was enough excitement for both of us. There was always something to see, someone to meet, or somewhere to go. The possibilities were endless, and freedom had never tasted so sweet.
-Excerpt from my journal, 2017
“More reliably than anything else on Earth, the road will force you to live in the present.” - Gloria Steinem
"The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating."
– Aaron Lauritsen
“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” ― Jack Kerouac
-Excerpt from my journal, 2017
I felt closer to all of it. The music, the books, the words my parents told me. It’s like everything came together on the road. I was so alive, and everything was inspiring.
