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Sketching Sights: Burma

Jul 1, 2017

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in Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, asia, Backpacking, Blogging, Culture, Hiking, history, memoir, Poetry, Sketching Sites, tbex, Travel, travel writing, Watercolor

Before the world can truly reveal itself you must take a period of meditation. A time of reflection. To pre-game, to set a cosmic course of action by stating your intentions and making them manifest. This is the driving force behind Sketching Sights. To become one with the elements of each and every environment that strikes me.…

NaNoWriMo : Into the Wild

Nov 4, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Adventure, Africa, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Author, Backpacking, City Guide, Culture, Food, foodie, Gastronomy, gaza, Grece, history, Islam, israel, Istanbul, Jordan, Kansas City, memoir, Middle East, Morocco, NaNoWriMo, palestine, Poetry, Spain, spiritual, tbex, Travel, travel writing, west bank, writing

Earlier this year, I set a goal to finish a solid draft of my memoir and to achieve this mission i’m going into the wild, er, offline… A MONTHLONG period away from social media, the internet, ethernet and all those nets, in an archaic approach to finish this labor of love that i’m damn excited…

Sketching Sights: Burma on My Mind

Aug 12, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, asia, Backpacking, Blogging, Culture, Hiking, history, memoir, Poetry, Sketching Sites, tbex, Travel, travel writing, Watercolor

Before the world can truly reveal itself you must take a period of meditation. A time of reflection. To pre-game, to set a cosmic course of action by stating your intentions and making them manifest. This is the driving force behind Sketching Sights. To become one with the elements of each and every environment that strikes me.…

Islamic Art: An Exhibit

Feb 21, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Culture, history, Islam, Kansas City, Middle East, spiritual, Travel

It’s safe to say that the visual arts have always been an extremely inspirational medium to me. This is especially true when it comes to Islamic Art. The heavy use of geometrical forms and the rhythm of mingling patterns that move in harmony with passages from the Quran. Traditionally, many schools of Islamic thought have…

Hookah of the Magic Bowl

Sep 20, 2013

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Nicholas Andriani

in Anthropology, Art, Backpacking, Culture, history, Istanbul, Jordan, Middle East, Turkey

For several months the hookah served as an icebreaker as I worked my way around the Middle East. Embracing the culture, I learned to appreciate the traditions and social norms attached to this symbol of community. While the beginnings of this exotic device are unclear, several sources from the 16th century mention a “water pipe”…

To Marrakech With love

Mar 26, 2013

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Nicholas Andriani

in Archaeology, Morocco

It’s about time I bring you up to speed. Excuse the short entry but I felt an update was in order. Within 48 hours, this happened… Austin, Texas to Casablanca, Morocco Waving goodbye to my loved ones I embarked on a 21 hour multi-flight jaunt over the Atlantic Ocean; Austin, Texas to Chicago, Illinois, then…

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