Wanderlust
“The peculiar German word, wanderlust, has no literal translation into English. It’s often defined as a profound desire, a lust, for travel. Real travelers, those who yearn to go, know that any travel is as spatial as it is metaphysical: every journey is also an inner movement. If one has wanderlust, spiritually, then a journey can happen without necessarily involving any change in geography. Such a practice includes all the characters we meet and the experiences we collect along the way. It even implies a phenomenon in which it’s possible for one to become the place visited.” From an article on Faena Aleph. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the…
Puerto Rican Adventures
Home Again, Home Again, Giggity Giohcrap, the ac broke…
Pro-tip: when a home owner advises you, a burgeoning, eager, bright eyed about-to-be-homeowner, to skip the entire thing, drink a beer and go get a puppy…. listen to them. I think, perhaps, the best thing you can do for your productivity, creativity and general ability to accomplish, contribute to this world, and be a generally gung-ho person…is to go on and stay on vacation. There should be the option to skip the entire adulting shebang, with its house chores, breaking appliances that cost $5000+, vomiting dogs, need to make money. Oh adulting, you’re so over rated. This is why super rich people get live in maids: it seems like it…
Deutschland, Deutschland
Spirit Animals, in Every Sense
Note: This is from a series of journal entries written in March/April of this year when my sweetie and I travelled through Asia. This one is from Siem Reap, Cambodia. So let’s talk about this turtle. We arrived in Siem Reap around 8am on an open tarmac and a small, efficient, adorable airport. Right off the bat, it was a unique and utterly Cambodian experience. From the debarring experience to the architecture to the flora, it got my attention and made me realize we were in a place I’d only ever read about and often. After a lengthy visa process, also new to me, we boarded a set of tuk…
Ramblings of a Runaway Mind
