Since 2015, I’ve explored an additional ~70 countries.
I dreamed of living this sort of life since I was a child.
Why?
For me, traveling means investigating the curiosities of life through (intellectual, physical, emotional) exploration and play — learning from and with others. We can do more together. Traveling is a huge privilege, and the journey itself is the most important.
Here is a collection of those stories and dreams in various formats.
“In dreams begin responsibilities.”
The power of imaginative courage to seek new opportunities along the way cannot be overstated.
Dreams in Turkey
Art Around Indonesia
(coming soon)
Nature in Japan.
Fushimi Inari-taisha, Kyoto
“Take root in the ground, live in harmony with the wind, plant your seeds in the winter, and rejoice with the birds in the coming of spring.” No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.
— Laputa, Castle in the Sky by Hayao Miyazaki
“Of course, hummingbirds have captivated men and women for hundreds of years. A Mayan legend says the hummingbird is actually the sun in disguise, here to court the moon. The Aztecs believed that every hummingbird was the spirit of a fallen warrior. And when early Spanish explorers encountered them, they called them joyas voladoras, flying jewels.
Hummingbirds have often captured the imagination of poets, too. In ‘Ode to the Hummingbird,’ Pablo Neruda rhapsodizes about a “flying spark of water, incandescent drop of American fire, flaming resume of the jungle, rainbow of celestial precision … a golden thread, a green bonfire … small, superlative being, you are a miracle, and you blaze.”
What’s so great about hummingbirds, really? It depends on who’s looking, I suppose. To me, hummingbirds are magic in the air. I admire their energy and intensity, their vitality. There’s something irresistible about these tiny creatures, speeding back and forth and then suddenly pulling up in midair, shining like an emerald.
Hummingbirds are one of Nature’s most eye-catching creations, testimony that the universe is more mysterious and sublime than it needs to be. They are also a small reminder that life is rich, the most beautiful and exotic things can’t be owned—and it’s pretty darn great to be alive.”
— Alexander Green, Beyond Wealth
Video coming soon.
“Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. … There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter.”
— Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder
