{"id":1405,"date":"2016-05-23T13:25:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T20:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/heyros26\/?p=179"},"modified":"2016-05-23T13:25:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T20:25:23","slug":"to-frankfurt-with-jochen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ofbloodandbeauty\/to-frankfurt-with-jochen\/","title":{"rendered":"To Frankfurt with Jochen"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was the last possible moment on this trip that this could happen.<\/p>\n

We flew down the autobahn today with our traveling routine now getting finely tuned and most things working in proper order. We came down to the city of Frankfurt, unable to see the Rhine as we would have liked, all in order to see the man who played the music that was a part of my fall quarter Of Blood & Beauty final project. This was a big part of why I wanted to come to Germany. This one moment to see a friend and to say thank you one more time for the beautiful music that has been like a North Star along these last three years apart.<\/p>\n

\"To<\/p>\n

I got a chance to tell him what the Camino meant for me and has continued to mean for me, what I have released and what I have tried to embody in transition away from that shedding of skin. It was such a joy to be able to relate back to him that I have continued to carry his music with me wherever I go and whenever there is a piano I play this song of his. He will continue to be a friend of my heart and soul looking forward.<\/p>\n

\"To<\/p>\n

Although our time was short it is a small miracle it happened at all because of our lack of communication, or disorganized communication, and our constantly missing each other when the moment came up. For instance, he wanted to surprise me by showing up in Berlin, but alas I was already three days on my trip to find my ancestral lands. Now he has come five hours from Berlin to be with me here and then on to Karlsruhe for a twelve hour workday tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\"To<\/p>\n

Again, as on the beach of Finesterre, we shared moments of deep conversation discussing a philosophy of how we appreciate being in the world. To experience the joys of the theory I have come to understand in my coursework through the lease of the practical reality we are a part of in all moments, both physical and cerebral. I was also able to share with him my own recording of the song entitled El Camino that he composed and I have since learnt on the piano. I shared with him of my own theoretical journey this year with my coursework and showed him the piece I made inspired by his music and our time on the beach. (as seen here in the image below) he told me to share with him the paper I have written alongside this work.<\/p>\n

\"To<\/p>\n

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This is a photo of Camilio(another friend of Jochen’s that has been traveling with him), my Mother, and Jochen sitting on a ship bar on the river Main.<\/p>\n

I cannot capture what this has meant to me in words and if I could I would share with you his music. (You can find it for yourself on Spotify or Soundcloud under the name Jochen Bredel) I gave him a gift I brought for him, my final cedar smudge made with Ellery Sloane-Barton on the hills overlooking Olympia and the mountains surrounding it. What a treasure this is to be on this road. Buen Camino!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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