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Sketching Sites: Aqaba, Jordan from the Art of Exploration.
aqaba, aqabah, Arab, Arabic, archaeologist, Art, author, Backpacking, Drawing, education, egypt, eilat, explorer, islam, israel, memoir, middle east, mosque, painter, palestine, politics, red sea, science, sketch, travel, Travel Blog, travelblogger, travelblogging, writer
In the Spring. Sun Blazing, the Red Sea, still, cool with Spring. I sit over Cafe Salaam, coffee, freshly roasted with cardamom and a handful of roasted nuts, wedged between an abundance of potted sage and a crumbling banister. This is where I sketched one of my favorite pieces of art. just on the Red…
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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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Sketching Sights: Essaouira, Morocco
Africa, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, history, Morocco, Sketching Sites, Travel, travel writing, WatercolorAdventure, adventure travel, Africa, Arabic, Art, artist, atlantic, city, coastal, Drawing, essaouira, Gibraltar, globetrotting, History, Maghreb, maroc, Marrakech, Morocco, painting, sahara, sketch, sketching, sojourn, tbex, travel, Travel Blog, travel writer, Traveling, trek, trekking, wanderlust, watercolor, wayfaring, Yallah byeWhitewashed seaside facade under a beating Moroccan sun.
Nicholas Andriani Rankin 