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I'm Steve Brock: traveler, creativity aficionado, branding and marketing guy and relentlessly curious explorer. Join me as we explore the intersection of your outer journey (travel) with your inner longings, interests and passions. Sign up on the Resources page to access great tip sheets and tools to make each trip more meaningful or take the Traveler Type Quiz to find out what type of traveler you are.
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Discover hidden worlds in your own neighborhood
How do you discover hidden worlds in your own neighborhood? As we saw last time, part of it means being open and paying attention to what goes unnoticed even around your own house or backyard. You can also take this one step further and discover other neighborhoods that you’ve either not known about or ignored for years. Such was the case for me with Seattle’s…
Discover hidden worlds in your own backyard
How many hidden worlds lie in your own backyard? More than you may realize. Literally, if you were to pay close attention to all the details of your home or backyard, you’d be amazed by what you find. Xavier de Maistre did just that. Journey around your own room In 1790, de Maistre wrote a book, A Journey Around My Room. According to Alain de Botton…
The myth of the unique travel experience
You travel far off any known tourist map to encounter what you believe will be a unique travel experience. No one there speaks your language or appears to have ever encountered a Westerner before. You learn enough of the local language which, combined with gestures worthy of Marcel Marceau or an Academy Award, get you by. You come home from this seemingly unique travel experience.…
How to use textures in Photoshop for better photos
Learning how to use textures in Photoshop has been one of the best ways I’ve found to add interest to some otherwise so-so images. In particular, applying textures in Photoshop to travel photos can add depth and meaning to your trip images. How? Because you’re able to add associations to the image that may convey more of how you felt when you captured the image…