Logbook 21 June 2018 – How to say hello at the camp sketch

Hello I’m Gork story sketch

Sketch and text by Frits Ahlefeldt ( FritsAhlefeldt.com ) 

Hikers are often strangers to each other and in unknown terrain. Sketching up ideas that makes it easier to relate

Here is one of the first sketches – I wanted to show the importance of introducing yourself and  bringing something for the community. It is a good way to arrive, especially if, like this guy, you are a giant,  and it is almost getting dark.

Crazy thing about the name is that it was just a name I randomly made up, at least that is what my consciousness told me – then I googled Gork, just to check if I had by coincidence hit something in some language unknown to me… and then I realized that GORK is a very well-known acronym for “Good-Only-Really-Knows” – First I thought about changing it to something else – then I thought, maybe that is not too far off from how we often feel when we meet strangers on our paths…

Hikers often find themselves in unknown terrain and with people they’ve never met. Good start is to be friendly – the rough illustration sketch