CULTURE & TRAVEL

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Becoming Citizens of the World: How Travel Transforms Us

We were making the world a more familiar place, connecting with everyone around us, indulging in new cultures and experiences, becoming citizens of the world.

Living the Life of an Adventure Photographer

In contrast to video, there is this extraordinary ability to stop time with still photo and to capture the feeling and mood of a moment with incredible succinctness.

Where to Next? Six Serene Sights to See

As soon as you are immersed, nature becomes a complete aesthetic experience.

Life Expression Through Art

Painting, sculpture, music, literature and the other arts, it has been said, are considered the repository of a society’s collective memory.

Ancient Wisdom of the Shamans for a Modern World

The Toltecs believe that everyone is an Awakened One, but it is the Shamans whose eyes are open to this realization.

Caroline Manière: The Wisdom of Empowerment on Canvas

I decided to paint women, each one as if they came back from traveling with a key, a revelation, a secret of transformation.