Asia
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Sketching Sights: Istanbul, City on the Edge (Art. Travel. Writing. Islam. Architecture)
Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, asia, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Europe, foodie, history, Istanbul, Middle East, Poetry, Sketching Sites, Travel, travel writing, Turkey, WatercolorAdventure, Art, artist, Asia, backpacker, Backpacking, bosphorus, bosporus, Byzantine, Byzantium, Constantinople, cruise, culture, Drawing, Europe, Hagia Sophia, History, islam, Istanbul, middle east, mosque, ottoman, painting, Poem, roman, sketching, strait of bosphorus, travel, Travel Blog, travel blogger, travel writer, travel writing, Traveling, Turkey, wanderlust, watercolorThe Bosphorus splits Istanbul in two parts. A rift in the madness of Europe and Asia, drifting between bodies of fresh and salt water cooling the heated passion of a most ancient urban jungle. The hot, hot, heat of human movement generates organized chaos as this great strait, this rift, cushions the blow, keeping this…
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Sketching Sights: Burma
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.…
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Sketching Sights: Burma on My Mind
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.…
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Sketching Sights: Galata Tower (Istanbul, Turkey)
Art, asia, Backpacking, City Guide, Culture, Europe, history, Istanbul, Middle East, Sketching Sites, Travel, travel writing, WatercolorAdventure, adventure travel, amwriting, Art, Asia, Backpacking, bosphorus, Byzantium, Constantinople, culture, Europe, galata tower, History, Istanbul, memoir, middle east, painting, Poetry, sketch, strait of bosphorus, travel, Travel Blog, travel blogger, travel writer, travel writing, travelblog, Traveling, Turkey, watercolorLike a great minaret, the Galata Tower represents so much more than meets the eye. Built in 1348 as the re-imagining of an earlier structure the tower has gone from hosting inmates, as a prison, to holding great secrets as an observatory for the astrologer Takıyeddin Efendi. What’s more, Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi the 17th century aviator… if you…
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We had gotten lost so many times on the island of Crete that we decided to wake up and leave extra early for the airport, “just in case”. Our superior traveling skills got us there on time and although we were sad to leave our oasis behind at the cottage of Eleonas, we were decidedly…
Nicholas Andriani Rankin 