Instruments To Being Harmonious in A World Community

An Overview pt. ii Perspective As mentioned in my prior blog, and an underlying theme was perspective. It’s important as a global citizen the we try and understand different points of views. It’s hard to assess someone’s struggle of you can empathize with them and only look at their situation from your own lens. Look…

Second Leg

After enjoying an all night adventure with my friends in Istanbul, arriving back to the house around 6am, it was time to pack my bags and say my good-byes. Then Toby took me to the airport to see me off, where we had our last discussions  and final good b… “til next time” As I…

In A Nutshell

I don’t even know where to begin, but all you really need to know is how beautiful Istanbul is, and I think the above photo (straight from the camera, no edits) does it pretty good justice!  My experience in Istanbul was possibly different than most, having a friend who’s living there, and able to play…

First Leg

Three days, a few naps, couple finals, several projects and three plane rides later, I’ve finally touched-down in Istanbul! FYI: if planning to visit Turkey from the U.S. you need a visa, luckily it’s an eVisa and only costs $20. Apply here  Words cannot explain how excited I am to be in this magical…

Global Endeavor

I’m not a man of many words, nor consider myself a writer, but thought I’d give blogging a chance—as a way for family and friends to keep up with my latest endeavor—while hopefully inspiring a larger audience to be more globally conscious. Well…May twenty-fourth has finally arrived; marking the date I’m heading to Europe as a Salzburg Scholar….

365 Project on a Leap Year

As you could probably guess by the name, this project is a challenge to record one photo a day, for a year, and with my luck, it’s a leap year, so I get an additional day to harass you with photography. I gave myself the constraints of only producing black and white photographs; I will also only be…