I have a sketchbook that I take with me everywhere. I really pride myself on having a daily practice, but I gotta say I have not made a single drawing since I have been here. I have been so completely overwhelmed visually that I can’t even conceive of how to make a image right now…. (read more)
This is the view crossing the Galata Bridge looking back at Sultanahment. That is Aya Sofya on the right on the hill. Today I walked for about 10 hours and I did not get tired until I put the key in the door of my room at the Grand Hotel de Londres. It was amazing… (read more)
Nothing prepares you for Epheseus. It really is a place that seethes with life. Not just the thousands of camera-toting, sunblock-applying, child-chasing, photo-opping, cell phone-chatting humans around you. You are really catapulted into the past. You walk the same marble sidewalks as people thousands of years ago. You are under the same hard cerulean… (read more)