The 20s are a highly documented time in our lives.
From podcasts to posts to infinite films and songs documenting the process of being young, I feel, though, that not many come close to capturing the anxiety of indecision that comes with being in your early 20s.
I know to some that may sound dramatic or ungrateful, and I am grateful, of course, to be experiencing this part of life with my health and body still able to support me fully. But that doesn’t discount the parts of my mind that wander and wonder why a constant sense of inadequacy lingers, and the feeling of being stuck becomes a constant.
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The Art of Access: “Into the Wild’s” Critiques of Power and Visualising Geographical Knowledge
Sean Penn’s “Into the Wild”, based on Jon Krakauer’s book about the life of Christopher McCandless, begins with this poem. The words echo throughout the two hour long visually stunning journey of Chris from College graduate to lonely nomad, huddled inside an old Fairbanks City bus. It describes the pleasure found in nature, away from human intrusions and structures, away from capitalist habits and responsibility and taxes.
The film’s cinematography communicates these pleasures and evokes empathy from audiences seeking escape from societal power structures, namely capitalism and neocolonialism.
The Art of Noticing
There is a sticker on a lamppost that reads “get lost”. The lamppost hasn’t been cleaned in a number of years so the sticker calls out to those who view it, as a blinding yellow circle. I listen.
There is a bench dedicated to a woman from her husband after her death five years ago and I sit there and wonder what she looked like when she was alive and if she would have liked to have a bench dedicated to her. Maybe she would have hated it. Maybe she wanted a plaque on a birch tree instead.
Bergen
It rained.
It rained the whole time.
But the smell of rain made it worthwhile.
After possibly the most beautiful train ride in the world, I stepped off the train into the deluge outside, in search of my hotel.
In Bergen, Norway.
The city is located on the west coast of Norway’s Bergenshalvøyen peninsula and with it being surrounded by mountains it felt very much like another world compared to the fairly urban centre of Oslo I had just come from.
Junquillal
Visiting a new continent entirely on my own is not how I thought I’d start my summer. I also didn’t think that I’d be shovelling sand on a beach and seeing an Olive Ridley turtle with my own eyes, but here we are.
Junquillal, Costa Rica.
When I took my first step off the bus after a fresh bout of rain that left the dark asphalt steaming, I did not expect such a small village to emerge from the greenery on the roadside.
A Short Interlude (that wasn’t very short)
I understand it has been just a little over 2 1/2 years since I last wrote anything on this blog which isn’t necessarily something I planned but more or less just happened. No real reason for it. Just life. Life gets in the way a lot these days, or at least I’ve thought so, since we emerged blearily into the daylight after the pandemic. Life seemed to hit the fast forward button and things went into overdrive and it seems all the ideas of slowing down our lives went out the window. So I would say it is fair to assume that we’ve all been coping with that for a while now. At least I certainly have.
Perspectives: A Generational Divide
It’s up to us to break generational norms. When they say, “It runs in the family”, you tell them “this is where it runs out”. – Anon I’m part of what some would call Generation Z. To some it is a generation of misguided, unemployed, useless know-it-alls but to others it means revolution, tolerance, acceptanceContinue reading “Perspectives: A Generational Divide”
For Wanderers and Wonderers 