The unexpected genesis of the Atlas of Connection project has been one of the greatest blessings of 2016 for me. I’m excited to update you on how the project is going, and how it’ll be moving forward in the new year.
A love for simplicity is one of the greatest gifts my time in Asia gave me—or as Rilke wisely once said, a love for “the small things…great and immeasurable.” This short story from Nepal is in praise of such simplicity.
After our first map of connections, I’m excited to keep growing this project. Here’s to ideas that get our hearts racing and keep creating connections for us—sometimes, at the very moment we least expect it.
There’s a lot happening in the world that would lead us to believe how disconnected we are from each other—but if this map says anything, I believe it’s that connection is real, alive, and important to us all.
This week I’m thrilled to be giving away one copy of Lonely Planet’s newest collection, the Lonely Planet Travel Anthology, which features original travel stories from 34 writers…including yours truly!
The same symbols, the same landscapes and forms—it all keeps returning, doesn’t it? Our only job, then, is to take note, live with intention, and keep searching for the ways that life gives our journeys shape.
A deep love for spiced chai wasn’t the only thing I inherited from my time in India. I also discovered a love for long train journeys, a desire to live simply, and—most of all—an appreciation for timeless places.
Love is now my litmus test in my work, and I hope it will also be my legacy; that everything I share with the world—be it a story, sketch, blog post, or book—will bear fingerprints of the joy I felt while creating it.