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bobaloo said:Yes, I saw the movie and it motivated me to find out more about the Way. I plan to walk next spring in thanks for a cure of cancer.
waveprof said:Just curious, all of this discussion about "The Way" and whether or not it inspired you, yet noone mentions Saint Jacques...La Mecque (Keep Walkin'). It seems to be a slightly larger movie in terms of release, although it is a bit older (2005). I'm guessing the language factor is part of it (this being an english language forum), but still interesting that it never gets any mention. Thoughts?
I would be very curious to see (statistically) what impact "The Way" has had/will have on Camino traffic
biarritzdon said:. I'm doing the Camino Portugues this summer and I am already planning my trek on the Camino Aragones in 2014. God bless the Camino.
I read a book called The Ramsay Scallop when I was 10. I made it a goal and 19 yrs later I am doing it!
My first introduction to the Camino was about 11 years ago when my mother lent me a book she had read called "The Camino", by Shirley MacLaine. She thought it was a good read and recommended it. All these years later I think she is regretting that she gave it to me! I couldn't put it down. And when I finished I couldn't stop thinking about doing the Camino myself. I got more books and researched it online. I knew it was something I had to do. At the time I had only my first child who was 2, so it was not my time to do it yet. Move forward 11 years and I have never stopped thinking about walking the Camino. I have 3 kids who are all old enough now to understand what I am doing and mature enough to be without me for the time it will take to do it.
I actually watched "The Way" a few nights ago. I liked it very much. It was inspirational in a different sense for me. More in a movie kind of way rather then from the perspective of someone's real experience. The message to open yourself up to life experiences came through loud and clear. My husband and I watched it together and he is thinking he will have to do his own Camino sometime in the future.
l also just watched "On The Road of Stars", by Neil Kirby and liked it very much as well. Peoples true experiences such as that and Mark Shea's, from overlander on youtube, is what really motivates me personally. It reminds me that there are true struggles I will have to over come and that it's not just wine and roses at the end of each day.
My opinion is that people are called by the Camino. Not everyone is. Still my mother has never had the desire to walk it, even after reading the book and hearing everything I've shared with her She is nervous for me every time I talk to her about it. Most people I know that I tell about it think I'm crazy! But it has called to me for a long time now. I'm ecstatic to finally get to answer it!
Buen Camino!
Heather
My mom also introduced me to the Camino although unlike your mother, mine has dreamed and talked of walking the Camino for many years. I always felt it was her dream until I watched the recent documentary, 6 Ways to Santiago. I bought my plane ticket less than two weeks after seeing the movie.My first introduction to the Camino was about 11 years ago when my mother lent me a book she had read called "The Camino", by Shirley MacLaine. She thought it was a good read and recommended it. All these years later I think she is regretting that she gave it to me! I couldn't put it down. And when I finished I couldn't stop thinking about doing the Camino myself. I got more books and researched it online. I knew it was something I had to do. At the time I had only my first child who was 2, so it was not my time to do it yet. Move forward 11 years and I have never stopped thinking about walking the Camino. I have 3 kids who are all old enough now to understand what I am doing and mature enough to be without me for the time it will take to do it.
I actually watched "The Way" a few nights ago. I liked it very much. It was inspirational in a different sense for me. More in a movie kind of way rather then from the perspective of someone's real experience. The message to open yourself up to life experiences came through loud and clear. My husband and I watched it together and he is thinking he will have to do his own Camino sometime in the future.
l also just watched "On The Road of Stars", by Neil Kirby and liked it very much as well. Peoples true experiences such as that and Mark Shea's, from overlander on youtube, is what really motivates me personally. It reminds me that there are true struggles I will have to over come and that it's not just wine and roses at the end of each day.
My opinion is that people are called by the Camino. Not everyone is. Still my mother has never had the desire to walk it, even after reading the book and hearing everything I've shared with her She is nervous for me every time I talk to her about it. Most people I know that I tell about it think I'm crazy! But it has called to me for a long time now. I'm ecstatic to finally get to answer it!
Buen Camino!
Heather
You could have suggested to them that he didn't! He had a crew, vans, masseuses, cars, etc. It was fiction, after all. His grandson walked, we are told.I presume they eventually got a ride to Pamplona and then back to California, wondering how Martin Sheen was able to do it.
Although I'm ashamed to admit it I'd never even heard of the Camino until about 6 weeks ago. A couple of days after Christmas I happened to watch "The Way" by accident. I really enjoyed the film & thought I had to do it. Seldom have I felt so inspired. I'm not a religious person but I knew it was something I had to attempt. The next day I booked a flight from Dublin to Biarritz for late March & now I'm little over 6 weeks from the start of my Camino. All my equipment & clothing is bought & my training is progressing, albeit a wee bit slower than I'd like. I love all the planning involved & am counting down the days until I start my first pilgrimage.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has been inspired like this.
Good luck to all pilgrims on their Camino.
Dave
The first time I heard about the Camino de Santiago, I didn't know what it was and didn't look into it. A few years later, it came up again, two or three times in succession via different avenues. Now THAT caught my attention! Soon thereafter, the Cathedral in my city was having what they termed "Camino Seattle", their spin on the Camino de Santiago, and yes, the cathedral is St. James. It was during the month long schedule of events that I first saw the movie, "The Way," read a book along with their book group, To the Field of Dreams, and met and hiked along side several people who had made the pilgrimage. I was hooked! That was 2012. Early last year, I was having dinner with a dozen others from Washington state as part of a training retreat weekend. I was engaged in one conversation when the conversation across the table stopped me in my tracks. The woman was saying that she hoped to walk the Camino de Santiogo in 2014. Talk about serendipity! It also turned out that another couple at the table had walked the Camino de Santiago. I thought that itw as very interesting that of 12 individuals, two had walked and two were planning to walk (not sure what the statistics are in the 'general population'!) It turned out that neighter my walking partner (the woman across the table and I became quick friends!) nor I could make it in 2014 as planned. We have rescheduled for Spring 2016.Hi,
Ivar recently posted that the Forum is "on fire"...well, any good arson investigator will tell you that the cause of the fire can usually be determined with a degree of certainty.
So, here are my questions:
1. If you are a first time pilgrim:
A. Was the Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen movie "The Way" the first you'd heard about the Camino and,
B. Did it start the spark that motivated you to walk the Way?
C. If you had known of the Camino...did the movie convince you that now is the right time?
2. If you have previously walked the Camino:
A. Did the movie rekindle in you a desire to walk the Way again?
B. Did you suggest to someone, who you know had never considered walking the Camino, to see the movie and, after seeing it, they decided to walk the Way?
Arn
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