The more I travel, the more it opens my mind and my heart to everything and everyone around me
There is a precious gift in moving through the world and all of its unfamiliar and wonderful ways
It is a gift of perception, a gift of your inner world changing as the outside world shifts around you
Your perception of what you know based on the experiences you’ve had from within your home country changes…
It shifts to a deeper understanding of humanity and the wildness of the earth, an understanding that roots deeply within your heart and dissolves judgement on the ways of life that go against your own beliefs.
Compassion makes a home in your heart for all life, all across the earth, everywhere you go.
When you move between such different worlds you realise how connected it all is, how connected WE are to the natural world, how culture is a way of life so unfamiliar to our own ways but so essential in preserving the rituals and survival of communities across the world and in the keeping of life continuing to thrive.
In my experience, every time I have chosen to travel, life presents me with the opportunity to expand in ways I never expected to, and gifts me beautiful experiences that change my life forever.
Ulun Danu Beratan Temple is both a famous picturesque landmark and a significant temple complex on the western side of Beratan Lake in Bedugul, central Bali. The whole Bedugul area is a popular upland weekend and holiday retreat for locals from the more urban areas in the island's south. Ulun Danu Beratan, literally ‘the source temple of Lake Beratan’, shares the scenic qualities with Bali's sea temples of Uluwatu and Tanah Lot. The smooth reflective surface of the lake surrounding most of the temple’s base creates a unique floating impression. The misty Bedugul mountain range surrounding the lake complements the temple's scenic backdrop.
Anse Victorin on Fregate Island has often been voted as the most beautiful beach in the world. It’s not hard to see why 😉. (på/i Fregate Island, Seychelles) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmGbn1nMuiY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
"Post Passion" At the time Michelangelo created his flawless and 2nd most famous sculpture "Pietà" he was only 24 years old. It took him less than 2 years from 1498-1499 to complete it. He was commissioned by French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères to create Pietà for his funeral monument. Michelangelo's Pietà had a few homes over the centuries & now resides behind bulletproof glass in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, after 1972 when crazed geologist took a hammer to it knocking off Mary's nose, eyebrow, & her left arm. This is the only piece of work that Michelangelo ever signed. #RomeItaly #DPGC_UrbanDecay #nexus_army #globe_travel #worldcaptures #igrome #igitaly #jesuschrist #worldtraveler #Bnw #way2ill #gameoftones #travel #canon_official #pieta #pietà #michelangelo #vaticancity #stpetersbasilica #vatican #sculpture #jesus #madonna #church #virginmary #rome #catholic #catholicism (at Vatican City) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck4E323SFYC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
“The sea is a desert of waves, A wilderness of water.” ― Langston Hughes (på/i Fregate Island, Seychelles) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmLOdTXI3_C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=