Wearing Her Footsteps

By Leor Baum

Wearing Her Footsteps is a collection of short imaginings written and photographed by Leor Baum. Unbound by traditional genre or form, this evocative blend of visual poetry and prose weaves an intimate reading experience unlike any other. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leor Baum
• Release date: Jan 11, 2021
• ISBN: 9798588718066

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Contents

Hidden Prisms

Passing Futures

Dwellers of the Night

Rising Identity

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Hidden Prisms



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Below the surface of our inner planet lies the crystal core, holding the waves of chaos in place, as we search for lessons in the dust.

Sara of the Sea



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She was a vast imagining. An interconnected entity, who had left her mark long before we understood the trajectory of the new world. She was referred to as Sara, the name of a young woman who disappeared on a ship during a storm in the late 1860s. According to the myth that followed, she dove willingly into the raging depths of the sea.

Over the years, stories of Sara’s wandering spirit emerged, mostly through sailors who claimed to have seen her. These visions or dreams eventually took the form of common folklore. Her staying power was said to be tied with nature, as Sara was rumored to shake the bodies of ships that crossed into her domain.

I encountered her many years ago, on a late winter’s night during a local voyage. I was just a boy then, standing on my own by the bow, as the older men slept below deck. The first thing I remember was an intense wind picking up for a brief moment… moving erratically around me, then into the night tides of the sienna sea. The waves crashing below felt in sync with the sensation rushing through me. My breath left my body as a faint voice whispered overhead, Trust in me.

Then, suddenly, the moment ended. As if it had never happened. I stood there in a daze, as my thoughts drifted. I listened to the echo of the dying wind and watched the waves grow calm.    

Sara had come and gone in an instant… a myth within a moment.

People of the Parallel



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They left long before we were born… only to reappear the moment we lost our way. Invisible to us, they were the observers of the times in between. They absorbed all in passing, but we had no insight into their presence. We knew only of our own.

One could venture that after centuries of progress, we would have learned how to truly accept ‘the other’. 

They knew we lived far from an unconditional reality, and

Reviews for Wearing Her Footsteps

[Aiyanah Rose · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Engaging read!

“White delirium, frail skin, grey blond hair
Floating around each other in the sheets
Slow sister winds within a white ocean”

This book has a fabulous mystical quality with playful writing that captivates the reader and sparks the corners of the imagination. Thought-provoking snippets of the energies that connect us all. Can be picked up for a few brief moments between pauses in the busy day and still deliver powerful impact that will follow you for hours. And with a bonus of obscure photography that beautifully compliments the text! A true gem!