vision quest
noun
: a solitary vigil by an adolescent American Indian boy to seek spiritual power and learn through a vision the identity of his usually animal or bird guardian spirit
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These aren’t ‘tepee rings,’ these are vision quest circles.
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
This time, for reasons that will remain a mystery, Moses set off on a journey through the wooded unknown of his very own transformational vision quest.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 10 May 2023
And so the only place to really do that is out in the middle of nowhere, and there is…almost like a vision quest or a ‘psychedelic trip in Joshua Tree’ sort of feeling to being out in the middle of nowhere.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 7 Apr. 2023
Here, darkly colored and internally illuminated, her gnarly paintings show a woman naked with her child in the bathtub, in bed with her husband, or alone looking at herself in the mirror — a woman (often the artist), lover, mother, and painter on her own vision quest.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
Then, less than 12 hours before embarking from Mead in a vision quest for the most memorable athletic moment since 1957, the cellphone on the bedside table of Mavericks coach Darin Reese blew up with text messages after midnight, in the wee hours of Friday morning.
—Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2020
Kayce’s vision quest at the end of season four could possibly be a sign that things are going to have to change.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2022
Suriano’s vision quest took him to a lot of places.
—Eli McKown, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2022
The voyage, the pilgrimage, the vision quest are part of our mental circuitry.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2021
Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
This time, for reasons that will remain a mystery, Moses set off on a journey through the wooded unknown of his very own transformational vision quest.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 10 May 2023
And so the only place to really do that is out in the middle of nowhere, and there is…almost like a vision quest or a ‘psychedelic trip in Joshua Tree’ sort of feeling to being out in the middle of nowhere.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 7 Apr. 2023
Here, darkly colored and internally illuminated, her gnarly paintings show a woman naked with her child in the bathtub, in bed with her husband, or alone looking at herself in the mirror — a woman (often the artist), lover, mother, and painter on her own vision quest.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
Then, less than 12 hours before embarking from Mead in a vision quest for the most memorable athletic moment since 1957, the cellphone on the bedside table of Mavericks coach Darin Reese blew up with text messages after midnight, in the wee hours of Friday morning.
—Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2020
Kayce’s vision quest at the end of season four could possibly be a sign that things are going to have to change.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2022
Suriano’s vision quest took him to a lot of places.
—Eli McKown, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2022
The voyage, the pilgrimage, the vision quest are part of our mental circuitry.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2021
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“Vision quest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vision%20quest. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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