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The Wilderness Within

The Wilderness Within

Fear and intuition fight for dominance when hiking alone in the wilderness

Grow, SelfRebecca JamiesonDecember 23, 2021hiking, woods, wilderness, female hikers, Oregon, cascades, mountains, fear, intuition, women, outdoors

Detailed Wonders

Detailed Wonders

Sarah Bogdal plays with positive and negative space to create gorgeous prints from linoleum blocks

Create, ArtSarah BogdalDecember 8, 2021art, print, print making, prints, blocks, carving, negative space, landscape, black and white, artist, watership down

Reclaiming Dykes

Reclaiming Dykes

How the masculine and the feminine collide in the biker world and beyond

Grow, SocietyRyleigh NorgroveNovember 21, 2021dyke, lesbian, LGBT, queer, dykes on bikes, Portland, gay, lesbians, pride, pride parade, gay pride, motorcycle, interview, essay, personal essay, society

The Wind Spirit

The Wind Spirit

A family day trip to Wupatki National Monument brings about complicated reflections

Explore, NatureClaire KortynaNovember 16, 2021explore, nature, southwest, Arizona, Wupatki National Monument, Grand Canyon, Zion, ruins, outdoors, family trip, desert

I Left You Back in Asia

I Left You Back in Asia

A solo-world traveler and Bourdain-aficionado meets his match during the pandemic

Explore, WorldJason CarrowayNovember 4, 2021hanoi, vietnam, amsterdam, berlin, dating, pandemic, COVID-19, expat, world travel, solo travel, living abroad, Asia, Europe, Anthony Bourdain

Celestial Dots

Celestial Dots

Fiction by Niv K.

Create, WritingNiv K.October 25, 2021fiction, flash fiction, short story, halloween, couple, relationship, writing, creative writing

First Frost & Other Poems

First Frost & Other Poems

Poetry by Tys Sweeney

Create, WritingTys SweeneyOctober 18, 2021poetry, fall, nature, poems, poet, outdoors, foliage

Detail, Color & Brutality

Detail, Color & Brutality

Across Turkey and Eastern Europe, architecture and design varies in a number of ways

Grow, DesignAli Can ÖztürkDecember 11, 2020grow, design, architecture, city life, interior design, color, brutalist, buildings, old buildings, urban, Turkey, eastern europe

Chronicles of Peru

Chronicles of Peru

A trip to Peru shifts the perspective of one open-minded traveler

Explore, WorldJacqlyn CopeNovember 24, 2020explore, world, peru, south america, cusco, locals, travel, city, colonialism

Welcome In

Welcome In

Creating a community garden in the times of COVID-19

Grow, SocietyCassy DorffNovember 17, 2020grow, society, garden, gardening, COVID-19, neighborhood, pandemic, harvest

Infinite Tapestry

Infinite Tapestry

Alexandra Chiou works with paper to create various shapes that offer impressions of nature

Create, ArtAlexandra ChiouOctober 28, 2020create, art, paper, sculpture, collage, nature, color, texture, memory, layers

Mumbai

Mumbai

Returning home to the city of Mumbai, where the sights and smells can be overwhelming

Explore, CityAyesha BediOctober 19, 2020explore, city, world, India, Mumbai, smells, city living, city life, home, trip, return, drive, cars, fragrance

The New York Phase

The New York Phase

Learning what it takes to live in New York City for a summer

Grow, SelfJennifer JusselSeptember 28, 2020self, grow, new york, new york city, new yorker, city, city life, internship, publishing, LGBT, bisexual, gay, gay pride, south, Texas, writer

Of That Colossal Wreck

Of That Colossal Wreck

Exploring the world found underwater combines both fear and bravery

Explore, NatureSalil PatelSeptember 19, 2020diving, underwater, ocean, water, boat, explore, nature, sea, sealife, scuba, bravery, fear

Nebula

Nebula

Poetry by Jonathan Taylor

Create, WritingJonathan TaylorAugust 21, 2020create, writing, poetry, poem, poems, galaxy, stars, stream, life, history, love, sky, night sky

Shadows & The Night

Shadows & The Night

Images captured by Anthony Poon

Create, PhotographyAnthony PoonAugust 11, 2020create, photography, photographer, photos, images, city life, shadows, night, night photography, light, asia, north america, vancouver, british columbi, british columbia

Namibian Oasis

Namibian Oasis

An unusual scavenger hunt through the desert of Namibia

Explore, WorldKristina GeorgievaApril 28, 2020explore, world, Namibia, Africa, south africa, desert, scavenger hunt, road trip, salt water, dead sea, swim, inn, unusual, friends

Paris

Paris

A semester studying abroad in Paris leads to a certain kind of loneliness

Explore, CityAnita CarrollApril 14, 2020Paris, Europe, art, museum, lonely, loneliness, student, studying, art history, crepes, French, France, abroad, study abroad