Author Huang Chu-Ping joined her first Mazu pilgrimage in 2008 after becoming a devotee of the Taoist sea goddess during university. Over the decade and a half since, she has experienced numerous pilgrimages as well as circled the island on foot, sketching over this period more than 200 paintings of Mazu. Beyond her artistic pursuits, Huang has accompanied her own Mazu idol throughout Taiwan and on trips overseas. Walk with Mazu narrates how Huang’s fifteen-year relationship with her chosen religion is neither superstition nor mere idol worship but rather a way of life that captures the unalloyed essence and spirit of being “Taiwanese”.