They say beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Yet, I’m not sure any “beholder” can accurately describe the beauty I witnessed in Big Sur. I’ve played this write-up of Big Sur out in my head over and over again, and as I watched the lunar eclipse from the beach in arguably the most…
DetailsAs an avid reader but never submitter of any cyber prop-age, I was recently struck with the desire to confer some accolades whilst listening to a little ditty by the Dixie Chicks.. (Cue – The Long Way Around from the album, Taking The Long Way) “My friends from high school Married their high school boyfriends…
Details‘Land of 10,000 smokes’ – the first book I see in the Museum of Anchorage as I ironically stumble into one of the girls that came home with my associate and I the night before. And by “home” I mean to the “trap house” that was owned by their male friend to sell various fun…
DetailsMy study abroad experience is one I will never forget… Between meeting best friends, traveling through Europe, and going to the pubs on a daily basis, Ireland was the place for me. I want to give props to studying abroad, for the growth you experience, the wonder of traveling, the life lessons, and the crazy…
DetailsCuriosity kills the cat. A phrase I have always found unfortunate. I believe that curiosity kills nothing, but instead brings to life a whole new side of ourselves. Our generation’s fantastic sense of wonder is brought on by none other than that good ole fashion curiosity. Thanks to things like technology the world is more…
DetailsIt’s my senior year of college: a time of stress, anxiety, and quarter-life crises. Or at least that’s what’s supposed to happen. Personally I feel quite at ease not knowing what will happen come May 14th. When I tell people I’m studying language in school, I get a lot of confusion or even negativity. “What are you gonna do with that? Be a Spanish teacher?”
DetailsIreland’s history is recent, colorful, and tragic in so many ways. They’re fighting for their freedom, they’re fighting to become a viable, profitable country, and they’re fighting to remain relevant. To give you a little perspective, Ireland is approximately the size of the state of Indiana and is home to about 7 million people, 3 million of which reside in Dublin alone. But for a small country, they’re fighters, they’re humble and they’re happy, happy people (maybe it’s all the Guinness).
DetailsThis summer Israel spent a great deal of time in the news, and not in a good way. I wanted to buck that trend and recognize Israel for something amazing it has been doing since 1999 that I was lucky enough to experience myself, just as Operation Protective Edge began.
DetailsThis past July I had the privilege of taking a 10 day canoe trip in some of the most pristine wilderness on our continent, Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. Can you imagine being able to simply dip your water bottle in the lake when you were thirsty? It was a humbling remembrance of what modern industry and society has destroyed in the majority of lakes and rivers. Oh sweet boundary waters, so pure and revitalizing! And let me tell ya, there’s something about paddling ~65 miles with a group of strangers and portaging with an 80 pound canoe on your shoulders through the rugged Quetico terrain that really changes you.
DetailsProps to minimalism: I fell in love with the minimalism when I was in school studying to be a designer. Now I live in a 400 square foot apartment in Korea. In design, I love things that maintain simplicity in their geometry, shape, material, and color. Things seem truer and purer this way. The challenge, the real sticky wicket of designing something to look like this, is that every detail becomes glaringly important to an item’s function. Everything on that product or thing has to have meaning. What good is a product that doesn’t do its job—even if it does look cool?
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