YOKOHAMA, Japan – In the Miyazaki movie “From Up on Poppy Hill,” the Yokohama of the past is on full display. Stone-paved streets along hilly roads demarcate a certain bucolic port-side town. Now, Yokohama straddles the line between the old and new. Industrial structures in Chinatown neighbor temples, rebuilt after a particularly strong earthquake. The …
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Postcard from Nyack
NYACK, New York – Across the Hudson river sits Nyack, a town which has not lost its artistic appeal of old. Hometown to Edward Hopper, with just a short stroll, one can see the clean-cut architecture and earthy tones that inspired his early paintings. Small bookstores and coffee shops neighbor his childhood home on Main …
Postcard from Davis
Davis, CALIFORNIA – Just one train stop from Sacramento is the university town of Davis. Known as an Aggie school, it is resplendent with local arbors, plants, and animals. Given local stance on promoting nature, small art museums and craft fairs happen year-round. At these events, many artisans set up craft booths with hand-woven shirts, …
Postcard from Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The South resides in our collective psyche as an unchanged place, indistinguishable from the picture introduced through film and texts. Designated the Athens of the South, a replica of the Parthenon was built and is surrounded by park-goers today in Nashville. Citizens circle the building, play-acting at the amphitheater, and nearby students …
Postcard from Bozeman
Bozeman, MONTANA – Snow-capped mountains stand in the distance to green, green pastures. Antelope graze nearby, while irrigation tubes render water onto these fields. The quiet cuts through the clean air. These blue skies, complementary to the green, are the most obvious signature of the region. Meanwhile, locals speak of the influx of out-of-staters, and …
Postcard from San Diego
SAN DIEGO, California – Each spring, the marine layer takes over San Diego, and a coolness sweeps through the region. It is this coolness that fosters a lush, green coastline, where birds mingle in marshlands that seem to preserve another time. It is this enviro that hosts a gentle people, friendly and good-natured. None of …
Postcard from Hilo
Hilo, HAWAII – Though the Hawaiian islands are grouped together, the Big Island is a separate entity from the other islands altogether. Even Kona, the Western section of the island, and Hilo, the Eastern section, separated by the vast landscape of the volcanoes, feel worlds apart. From atop these dormant volcanoes, one can see the …
Postcard from Savannah
Savannah, GEORGIA – The train rolls into Georgia as first light hits the forest. Some trees have been downed since the summer floods, and there they lay, the remnants of past catastrophe. Savannah is a largely college-town, with the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) extending its reach throughout the town. Warehouses are converted …
Postcard from Haworth
Haworth, ENGLAND – Because words cannot suffice, a video essay is enclosed herein. Yet, somehow, the visual medium transplanted through the annals of the Internet also do not serve such a wild place justice. To walk on these paths is to imagine oneself in the Brontës’ shoes, and to truly see how they were inspired …
Postcard from Palm Springs
PALM SPRINGS, CA – Though it’s only a 107 mile drive from Los Angeles, Palm Springs is a world apart from the city. The dust broils over onto the roadway, and as the mountain range narrows, the wind is funneled into the farm. It is said that a newer model of the windmill will power …
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